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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    1 year ago

    The plan would decrease my payments by about $20/mo and would increase the total amount I would pay. Doesn’t seem like it saves me anything. I’m better off continuing to pay my previous minimum payment and pay the loans off early.

    I wish they would eliminate/lower the interest rate.

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      1 year ago

      It eliminates my wife’s payments entirely with no interest accruing. Which is great because we’re dirt poor at the moment.