Does Student Loan News Have You Scared? I Talked to an Expert to Answer Your Top Questions

Jemal Countess/Getty Images What's going on with student loans? It's a question that's difficult to pin down when the answers seem to shift every week. As a reporter who's covered student loans since the beginning of the pandemic, and a borrower myself, it's a topic I'm dialed in on, and even I'm finding it hard to keep track of all the changes. News of wage garnishments, restarting payments for SAVE borrowers and even the decision to potentially move the student loan portfolio from the Department of Education to the Small Business Administration has left millions of borrowers confused. How will any of this work? What will payments look like for the nearly 8 million borrowers on SAVE? And when will teachers, nurses and other public servants who've satisfied the terms of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program see loan discharges? Reddit is awash with questions about what's going on with student loans, with some users considering switching to a private lender for a potentially l ... Read full article.