Attorney, writer, speaker, and national voice on student loan law. Licensed only in MA NY VT. Senior contributor at Forbes.com. Trekkie. He/him.

Joined November 2011
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The Dept. of Ed publicly says there will be "no restriction" on eligible borrowers enrolling in the PAYE plan. But the new regs released last week suggest there will be some pretty significant roadblocks starting on July 1. forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/…
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A group of Democratic senators blasted the Trump administration this month for its plan to transfer oversight of the federal student loan system from the Education Department (ED) to the Treasury Department -- studentloanplanner.com/stude…
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The processing backlogs, which have persisted for more than a year, are likely to feed concerns that the Dept. of Ed and its loan servicers are ill-equipped to handle the looming termination of SAVE and the simultaneous launch of RAP later this summer. forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/…
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This isn't getting a lot of attention, but last week the Dept. of Ed quietly made a change to PSLF Buyback that could lead to significant new costs for tens of thousands of public service borrowers who are trying to discharge their student loans. forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/…
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And that's that -- the SAVE plan is effectively dead. Lots of questions remain after a federal appeals court on Monday essentially ended the program, however, including how and when borrowers will need to move their student loans to other plans. forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/…
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