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[The promise of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program was] if college graduates were willing to forgo the private sector’s lucrative pay and work instead [in the public sector] any federal student debt they had after 10 years of payments would be forgiven. About 1.3 million people are trying to have their debts discharged through the program. Only 16,000 had seen their debt forgiven [until now].
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The Education Department announced a sweeping overhaul to the program that will immediately erase the debt of 22,000 borrowers to the tune of $1.7 billion. The changes are designed to let borrowers correct errors and count payments they were trying to make toward the program.
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The government estimated another 27,000 borrowers could see about $2.8 billion in debts forgiven if they prove they were employed in an eligible job. That should shorten the amount of time more than 550,000 borrowers – those who have already consolidated their loans – are required to make payments to qualify for forgiveness.