What the new student loan rules mean for current and future borrowers

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President Trump’s new tax and spending law brings sweeping changes to the federal student loan system, affecting both current and future borrowers.

Nearly half-a-million borrowers could see their payments spike after the Department of Education scrapped most existing repayment plans.

The law also imposes new lifetime borrowing caps, $100,000 for graduate students, $200,000 for those pursuing professional degrees like law or medicine and $65,000 per child for parent borrowers.

Read more at PBS.

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