Rebecca Safier
Personal Finance Writer at Freelance
Freelance personal finance writer + certified student loan counselor. Former senior writer for @LendingTree. Blogging enthusiast / founder of https://t.co/AJsd2cuGP1
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1 week ago |
cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Francisco Miranda
If you're one of the eight million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, you may have seen student loan payments as low as $0. With the SAVE plan officially struck down, you might be worried about how much you'll be required to pay in the future.
Your Student Loan Payments Could Soar if You're Enrolled in SAVE. Here's How Much More You Might Pay
1 week ago |
cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Francisco Miranda
The Biden administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan offered relief to millions of federal student loan borrowers. Under this income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, around 8 million borrowers would have seen their monthly payments capped at a portion of their income -- with roughly half of these borrowers owing $0 per month. But with SAVE officially struck down, your monthly payments are likely to increase if you're enrolled in the plan.
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1 week ago |
cnet.com | Rebecca Safier
It's been a trying year for anyone enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education student loan repayment plan. There's been a barrage of student loan updates in 2025: proposed changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, an effort to restart collections on defaulted student loan accounts and a new Republican-fronted bill seeking to change existing income-driven repayment plan options.
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2 weeks ago |
cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Miranda
About 8 million federal student loan borrowers had hopes of smaller monthly payments and lower lifetime costs when the Biden administration rolled out the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan in 2023. But with SAVE officially shot down, you may be worried about how your monthly payments could change. Under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, many borrowers who fell below certain income levels have had their payments lowered to $0 per month since March 2020.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Rebecca Safier
About 8 million federal student loan borrowers had hopes of smaller monthly payments and lower lifetime costs when the Biden administration rolled out the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan in 2023. But with SAVE officially shot down, you may be worried about how your monthly payments could change. Under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, many borrowers who fell below certain income levels have had their payments lowered to $0 per month since March 2020.
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