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A $23 billion class-action settlement against the federal government makes 450,000 student loan borrowers eligible for debt cancellation.
A class action is a single lawsuit filed on behalf of a large group sharing the same legal complaint, resolved together rather than one claimant at a time. The borrowers covered by this case say they were defrauded.
What the settlement actually does Debt cancellation is exactly what it sounds like: the outstanding loan balance disappears.
A borrower does not repay it, refinance it, or enter an income-based plan that stretches payments over decades. Student loan borrowers have access to several forms of relief that stop short of cancellation.
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