Repayment of Student Loans: Federal Plans and Forgiveness Options and Issues for Older Americans

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George L. Payne (Editor)

Series: Financial Institutions and Services
BISAC: EDU013000

Many eligible borrowers do not participate in the Department of Education’s (Education) Income-Based Repayment and Pay As You Earn repayment plans for Direct Loans, and Education has not provided information about the plans to all borrowers in repayment. These plans provide eligible borrowers with lower payments based on income and set timelines for forgiveness of any remaining loan balances. As of September 2014, outstanding federal student loan debt exceeded $1 trillion, and about 14 percent of borrowers had defaulted on their loans within 3 years of entering repayment, according to Education data. This book discusses how participation in Income-Based Repayment and Pay As You Earn compares to eligibility, and to what extent Education has taken steps to increase awareness of these plans; and what is known about Public Service Loan Forgiveness certification and eligibility, and to what extent Education has taken steps to increase awareness of this program. (Imprint: Novinka)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Federal Student Loans: Education Could Do More to Help Ensure Borrowers Are Aware of Repayment and Forgiveness Options
United States Government Accountability Office

Chapter 2. Older Americans: Inability to Repay Student Loans May Affect Financial Security of a Small Percentage of Retirees. Statement of Charles A. Jeszeck, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, U.S. Government Accountability Office. Hearing on ”Indebted for Life: Older Americans and Student Loan Debt”

Index

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