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Re:The Long Road to the Student Debt Crisis by Retric on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:48PM (#21001788)
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/08121...

There was a change as a rider to the 2010 affordable care act. But, older federally backed student loans are sold and resold.

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Re:The Long Road to the Student Debt Crisis by rayiner on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @04:45AM (#21003414)
Pre-Obama loans represent a small fraction of all student loan debt.
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Re:The Long Road to the Student Debt Crisis by Retric on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @07:08AM (#21004016)
I think it’s still on the order of 3-400 Billion or so, but I am not sure of the numbers.

Either way loans go back 4+ years before graduation and people take 15+ years to pay them back. So I assume quite a few of these loans are out there even if the remaining balance is not that huge.

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