Today’s episode exposes a significant, underreported change to federal student loan policies in the United States, specifically the elimination of in-school loan deferment for loans disbursed after July 1, 2026. This means students will no longer have an automatic pause on payments or interest accrual while enrolled, even for subsidised loans. The author of the source article, Dr. Jaime Hoerricks, emphasises that this quiet legislative shift removes crucial protections for borrowers, particularly impacting working-class families and potentially paving the way for private lenders to profit. She urges readers to understand these implications and advocate against what it describes as a fundamental break in the social contract regarding higher education.

Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/the-pause-is-over-what-us-students

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