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Student-loan borrowers are facing a key issue ahead of the midterms: affording their new monthly payments

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Over 10 million student-loan borrowers are behind on payments. Some are hoping the midterms will prompt policy change to protect those in default.

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    Their surging student-loan payments are pushing them to slash their budgets and delay life milestones (opens Insider)

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    From cutting back on groceries to delaying starting a family, student-loan borrowers describe the changes they're making to afford higher payments.

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    Student-loan borrowers are facing a key issue ahead of the midterms: affording their new monthly payments (opens Insider)

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    Over 10 million student-loan borrowers are behind on payments. Some are hoping the midterms will prompt policy change to protect those in default.

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