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President Joe Biden on Tuesday launched a promotional blitz for his new program that helps student loan borrowers repay their debt, just weeks before millions of Americans are set to receive a loan bill for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Biden administration is mobilizing to convince borrowers across the country to sign up for the new income-driven repayment program — dubbed the “SAVE plan” — which caps interest accrual and lowers the monthly payment amount for many borrowers.

“It’s the most affordable student loan plan ever,” Biden said in a video released by the White House on Tuesday, describing the program as a major reform to a student loan system “that hurt borrowers for much too long.”

“If you’re eligible for the SAVE Plan, sign up now so you can lower your monthly payments in advance of payments resuming this fall,” Biden said.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the current brand new super great SAVE repayment plan that I have access to literally increases my payment by $100 a month

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were you able to refuse the new plan and keep your old one? I'd like to check it out to see if my interest rate goes down, but I don't want to get locked into super high payments.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

yeah I just backed out of the agreement