'Congratulations!' 800k borrowers got emails from Biden, forgiving their student debt

The administration last week emailed 813,000 borrowers, who weren't credited for payment that would have made them eligible for student loan forgiveness under IDR plans, telling them their balances had been reduced to zero.

By Alan Goforth | December 05, 2023 at 09:40 AM

Christmas came early this year for hundreds of thousands of Americans with student loan debt. The Biden administration last week emailed more than 800,000 borrowers to tell them that their balances had been reduced to zero.

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