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It’s a challenging time for many federal student loan borrowers just trying to pay off their debt. Here’s what borrowers need to know.
There are 8 million federal student loan borrowers waiting for the courts to decide if their repayment plan is legal, and another 9 million are late on payments. Eight million federal student loan ...
The student must pay back the loan in accordance with the loan's repayment terms. Different loans have different repayment terms and interest rates, but other than that, most loans follow a similar ...