- Student-loan borrowers are entering the new year with uncertainty on their payments and debt relief.
- Ongoing litigation with the SAVE repayment plan makes it difficult for some borrowers to plan financially.
- Biden also officially withdrew his broad debt relief plans, and any future relief under Trump is unlikely.
Wade Burt, 67, is entering the new year without knowing when — or if — he’ll be free of his nearly six-figure student-loan balance.
Burt first took out just under $20,000 in student loans for an associate degree in avionics that he earned in 1988. However, he had periods of unemployment through 1998, during which he could not afford student-loan payments. Over the years, the interest on his…
