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@AdamSMinsky

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Attorney, writer, speaker, and national voice on student loan law. Licensed only in MA + NY + VT. Senior contributor at . Trekkie. He/him.

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Adam S. Minsky
11 months
Clients excitedly sending me copies of their loan forgiveness letters and screenshots showing $0.00 balances is a true joy and it does not get old.
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2 years
Really is wild that the Biden administration has *still* not made any announcement about the payment pause or an extension. We are two weeks out.
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The results of the Biden admin’s efforts to fix PSLF have been staggering. In just a few years, the program went from a 99% rejection rate and only a few thousand approvals to nearly 900,000 borrowers receiving over $60 billion in forgiveness.
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@AdamSMinsky
Adam S. Minsky
11 months
A federal court has dismissed a legal challenge to one of President Biden’s key federal student loan forgiveness plans. Over 800,000 borrowers are set to receive relief.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Another city just called on Biden to forgive the student loan debt of millions of borrowers.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has denied a request to delay $6 billion in student debt relief under an approved settlement, paving the way for the Education Department to continue to discharge the debts of hundreds of thousands of borrowers.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
A group of House Democrats is calling on the Biden administration to release a long-awaited memo outlining whether the President has legal authority to #Cancelstudentdebt on a mass scale.
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2 years
A new poll released this week found pretty broad support for at least some student debt cancellation across a number of demographics --
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3 years
9 in 10 student loan borrowers say they are not ready to begin repaying their loans in October. via @forbes
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3 years
New economic data released on Friday showing record levels of inflation is adding additional pressure on President Biden to extend the soon-to-expire student loan payment pause.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
A top White House official suggested that President Biden is considering a further extension of the ongoing pause on student loan payments, and that more student loan cancellation may be coming.
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1 year
Hmm I wonder what will happen if student loan payments turn back on. 🫠
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Heather Long
1 year
NEW: An alarming number of Americans are already struggling, even if they have jobs 20.5 million are behind on utility payments Nearly 25 million people are behind on their credit card, auto loan or personal loan payments. We haven't seen that since 2009
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1 year
A+ to Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Prelogar, I don't think she could have done better. If SCOTUS issued a ruling based solely on who best handled the oral arguments, it would be 9-0 in favor of the government.
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2 years
As President Biden continues to consider a broad student loan forgiveness initiative, a huge coalition of advocacy organizations is urging him to cancel more than $10k in student loan debt, with some calling $10k a "slap in the face."
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1 year
Nearly half a million people have been approved for federal student loan forgiveness under the PSLF Waiver. And more is on the way.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Doh. That's it, no student loan forgiveness decision today. But, FWIW, we now have multiple decisions where SCOTUS has found that states don't have standing to challenge a federal law or Biden admin policy...
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
While this was widely expected to be the final few months of the student loan pause, the legal battles surrounding Biden’s student loan forgivenes initiative is putting pressure on the administration to extend the pause yet again.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
No student loan forgiveness decision from SCOTUS today.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
A coalition of over 130 organizations wrote to President Biden on Thursday, urging him to extend temporary student loan forgiveness initiatives and the student loan pause that are set to end within a matter of weeks.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Been hearing a lot about insane call hold times at MOHELA. Really not good as hundreds of thousands of borrowers try to do exactly what @usedgov is telling them to do -- apply for PSLF under the Limited PSLF Waiver, which ends in 28 days.
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When you currently try to call @MOHELA you just get message that says "Welcome to Verizon Wireless. Your call could not be completed as the called party is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later" @FSACOO @UnderSecKvaal
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Advocates for student loan borrowers are redoubling their efforts to convince President Biden to cancel student loan debt in the face of an increasingly unsettled federal student loan servicing system.
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Adam S. Minsky
9 months
Student Loan Nightmare: Millions See Payment Errors as Biden Administration Punishes Servicer
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Former Secretary of Education @JohnBKing is the latest high-profile official to call on President Biden to enact widespread student loan cancellation.
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Adam S. Minsky
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2.7 Million Student Loan Borrowers To Be Compensated For Servicer Problems -- and guess what legal authority they're using? 👀
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
The Biden administration announced on Friday that it will retroactively waive student loan interest for thousands of current and former active-duty military service members.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Senator Elizabeth Warren grilled the CEOs of two student loan servicing giants at a Senate hearing today on the student loan crisis. Here are the highlights. via @forbes
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
website still not functioning properly due to high traffic. Not exactly what you want to see as ED is about to implement a massive new initiative.
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Adam S. Minsky
4 years
Just had another client get issued a Notice of Wage Garnishment by @usedgov for defaulted #studentloans . Her spouse is on unpaid leave, so a wage garnishment would be devastating for their family. All garnishments MUST be suspended NOW.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Several signs point to another extension of the student loan payment pause. But without concrete information from the White House and ED, borrowers are in the dark about what to expect in the coming months.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Another one bites the dust. This fall is going to be an absolute mess for borrowers.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
As millions of borrowers barrel towards the end of the student loan payment pause, a key Senate Democrat is calling on President Biden to permanently eliminate federal student loan interest.
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Adam S. Minsky
10 months
As student loan payments resume, the Biden administration has launched several student loan forgiveness and repayment initiatives. But the system appears to be buckling.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
A coalition of student loan borrower advocacy orgs filed a lawsuit this week against the Biden administration, accusing officials of delaying the processing of a group discharge request for borrowers who were defrauded by their school.
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Adam S. Minsky
9 months
Student Loan Forgiveness And Repayment Plans At Major Risk As Problems Worsen.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
SCOTUS just found that states don't have standing to sue Biden in another case 👀
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
The Harvard student newspaper pointed out that the vast majority of students graduating from Ivy League schools are not graduating with debt, so it makes no sense to cite these schools as a reason to limit student loan forgiveness.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Biden -- again -- falsely suggested that mass student loan cancellation would primarily benefit Ivy League students. Students and borrower advocates have pushed back.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
BREAKING -- The Biden admin on Tuesday announced sweeping reforms for income-driven repayment programs. Over 3.6 million borrowers are expected to benefit, according to ED, with at least 40,000 borrowers receiving immediate student loan forgiveness.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
BREAKING -- ED announced sweeping new executive actions today to transform the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Nearly 600,000 borrowers will get closer to student loan forgiveness as a result. Here are the details.
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Adam S. Minsky
4 months
Would be great if @usedgov would look into this and provide more clarity on what the heck is going on here. cc: @SecCardona @FSACOO @UnderSecKvaal . This is very alarming, and borrowers deserve an actual clear explanation.
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Adam S. Minsky
4 months
🚨 Some borrowers have started to receive notices that their student loan forgiveness has been reversed, and their balances reinstated. There's a lot we still don't know, but here's what we do know so far.
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Adam S. Minsky
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A settlement agreement that would provide $6B in student loan relief to nearly 200,000 borrowers has not been fully implemented by a court-ordered deadline. A legal group representing impacted borrowers is now asking a federal court to step in.
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Adam S. Minsky
11 months
With the return of student loan repayment in a few weeks, borrowers are already encountering significant problems with online applications, loan servicing, and accessing key benefits.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
I am seeing more and more borrowers with double-digit interest rates on variable-rate private student loans. Absolutely insane. And given current rates, even borrowers w/ high income + great credit (which is rare) may still see very high rates on fixed-rate refi's.
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The Debt Collective 🟥
1 year
We have to talk about private student loans—which hasn’t gotten relief since COVID. This is one of our members, who can’t find an interest rate under 14%. This is only 1 of her loans. She’s been paying nonstop for almost a decade and it’s about to double.
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Adam S. Minsky
7 months
BREAKING -- The Biden administration announced an extension of a critical student loan forgiveness deadline, which will provide more time for borrowers who need to consolidate.
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Adam S. Minsky
10 months
It's been great hearing from all the folks getting their loans forgiven through PSLF during the last year. Still lots of problems and more work to do, but it's so much better than it was just a couple of years ago.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
With Biden’s signature student loan forgiveness program blocked by federal courts, millions of borrowers remain in stuck in limbo and are left wondering — how will this end? Here are some possibilities.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
The PSLF Waiver is providing very real, tangible relief for some borrowers. But many others are struggling to navigate a clumsy student loan bureaucracy and conflicting information. It's getting messy.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Beta testing is over, the application is fully live now. And a whopping 8 million people have already applied (wow).
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Adam S. Minsky
9 months
🚨 “Interviews with a half dozen people involved in the rollout of the plan, commonly known as SAVE, reveal ED and the student loan servicers… are contending with administrative errors that have produced inaccurate payment amounts.”
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
A rare view of me not doing student loan things:
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
No student loan forgiveness decision today from SCOTUS.
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Adam S. Minsky
9 months
Millions of student loan borrowers may be receiving bills for payment amounts that are higher than what they should be. Here's why.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Many borrowers may not realize that enrolling in a new Biden initiative when student loan payments resume could wind up cutting them off from other loan repayment plans.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Not student loan-related, but some happy personal news!
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
It's great to hear all the good news about student loan forgiveness under the new PSLF waiver -- and I love hearing success stories from my clients and others -- but that doesn't mean things are going swimmingly.
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Adam S. Minsky
8 months
The 5 Wildest Student Loan Repayment Errors Derailing Forgiveness Right Now (some of these are bonkers...)
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
FedLoan Servicing is out. This is huge.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Had to say goodbye to this little guy over the weekend. Hug the ones you love, including your fur friends.
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Adam S. Minsky
7 months
The Education Department just released draft regulations containing eligibility criteria and proposed student loan forgiveness amounts for Biden's new plan. Here are the key details.
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Adam S. Minsky
8 months
Borrowers are being placed into administrative forbearances on a mass scale due to servicing problems. Will this count toward student loan forgiveness? The Dept. of Ed says some will, but questions remain.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 months
If approved, several student loan companies may have to pay millions of dollars in penalties and other compensation for alleged servicing failures.
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Adam S. Minsky
6 months
House Republicans have unveiled sweeping legislation that would roll back President Biden’s student loan forgiveness and repayment initiatives.
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Adam S. Minsky
10 months
The Biden administration has begun sending student loan forgiveness emails to borrowers in a second wave of approvals under a temporary account adjustment.
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Adam S. Minsky
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Millions of borrowers were notified this week that they will not have to make a student loan payment in July in anticipation of payments getting reduced under the SAVE plan. Here are key details.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
When I work with clients on PSLF matters, I often have to warn them in advance of the erroneous or panic-inducing letters they are likely to receive (I even call one specifically the “Do Not Panic Letter”). Just the most bizarre part of my job.
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The Debt Collective 🟥
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The number of panicked 3 am messages we receive is intense People understandably freak out when MOHELA tells them they don’t qualify, or that after 10+ years only 3 payments count. All erroneous info
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Seeing lots of borrowers getting PSLF approval letters, truly life-changing stuff.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a $1 million penalty to a major student loan servicer for allegedly misleading borrowers about student loan forgiveness. Here’s an overview.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
BREAKING -- The Education Department announced that it is extending the ongoing student loan pause into 2023 in response to legal challenges over President Biden's student loan forgiveness program.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
The longer the pause remains in effect, the more borrowers may ultimately get their loans forgiven. Here's why.
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@AdamSMinsky
Adam S. Minsky
2 years
President Biden told reporters today that he is considering taking executive action to broadly cancel student loan debt, and a decision may be imminent. But sounds like it will be under $50k. No word on income limits. What are your predictions?
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Adam S. Minsky
4 years
An explosive new report released today by @theSBPC and @AFTHigherEd sheds new light on the U. S. Department of Education’s role in mismanaging the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. via @forbes
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
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🚨 Some borrowers have started to receive notices that their student loan forgiveness has been reversed, and their balances reinstated. There's a lot we still don't know, but here's what we do know so far.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
If passed, the bill would result in dramatically accelerated student loan forgiveness for borrowers who have devoted their careers to public service work.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Understandable that the $10k/$20k one-time cancellation is dominating the news, but the Limited PSLF Waiver ends in two weeks (!!)... The programs aren't mutually exclusive, so you can apply for both, and FFELP loans can still benefit from the waiver.
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Adam S. Minsky
11 months
This week, the department added yet another deadline for borrowers as student loan payments resume. Critical dates are beginning to stack up, leading to potential confusion.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Most hostile to Biden's loan forgiveness plan: Roberts, Thomas, Alito Less hostile, but not favorable; murkier on standing: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh More favorable towards the program, most hostile towards the standing of the challengers: Kagan, Sotomayor, Jackson, Barrett
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
If you get a phone call about being "pre-qualified" for student loan forgiveness, it's a scam. Frankly, if you receive any phone call about loan forgiveness, it is almost certainly a scam.
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Looks like my day today will consist of refreshing my Twitter feed.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
The Biden administration is sending emails to hundreds of thousands of borrowers, notifying them that they have been approved for student loan forgiveness under the IDR Account Adjustment.
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Adam S. Minsky
4 months
Thousands of borrowers should have already received student loan forgiveness and other debt relief under the Sweet v. Cardona settlement, but are still waiting.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Borrowers are finally starting to get their student loans cancelled under the new expanded PSLF program -- 10,000 borrowers so far. Details here.
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Adam S. Minsky
1 year
Sounds like he's going to try for the Higher Education Act, after all...
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Adam S. Minsky
2 years
Me: [makes a drink] [turns on some music] "Ah, weekend." 8th Circuit: "....."
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
The Biden administration is moving forward with a regulatory overhaul of key student loan forgiveness and repayment programs, including Public Service Loan Forgiveness and income-based repayment.
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Adam S. Minsky
4 years
A major new ruling by a U. S. appeals court has held that a borrower’s $200,000 in private student loans are dischargeable in bankruptcy, potentially opening the door for similar bankruptcy rulings in the future.
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
Warren compared student loan debt to a “sword” hanging over the heads of borrowers. “Every day that draws by, that sword draws a little closer. [Biden] can remove this sword, and can remove this pain, by cancelling $50,000 or more in student loan debt.”
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Adam S. Minsky
3 years
President Biden is under increasing pressure to address the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program by automatically wiping out the debt of public servants. Will he act?
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Adam S. Minsky
4 years
BREAKING -- A new report by @theSBPC and @AFTUnion paints a bleak picture of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and raises fresh concerns that the program is failing millions of student loan borrowers who were promised relief.
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@AdamSMinsky
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Some personal news. Excited to be able to practice in my favorite state.
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