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Student loan SAVE plan repayment crisis 2026
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SEP 19 · Day 1
Student loan borrowers exiting SAVE plan face higher payments
More than 6.9 million borrowers were still in the SAVE plan as of March.
The Trump administration alerted student loan borrowers that they had roughly 90 days to transition from the SAVE plan to another program.
The SAVE plan was overturned by Republican-led legal challenges and legislation.