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Student loan repayment

The US system of federal repayment plans, servicers and rules that determine what education-debt borrowers owe each month, including income-driven plans and the periodic overhauls that replace them.

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September's loan-payment reset costs one Georgia household $610 a month

Jodi Sprague's monthly student-loan payment goes from $404 to $1,014 this month after the July 1 repayment overhaul scrapped SAVE. The first line to give way in the family budget is her daughter's college housing.

Publishers:businessinsider.com

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