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Restoring the Promise of Income-Driven Repayment: An IDR Waiver Program Proposal

January 12, 2022
Student Loans
Policy & Legislation

Many of the problems that led to the failure of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program are IDR problems in disguise—such as borrowers being steered into the wrong repayment plan and Family Federal Education Loan (FFEL) servicers failing to tell borrowers of consolidation options. These problems will not be corrected by a solution that only addresses the PSLF program.