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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>A consolidation loan made on or after July 1, 2026 is a new loan and closes IBR for good. When it still helps, and what it does to your rate and PSLF count.</description>
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      <description>SAVE is over. When your 90-day clock starts, what happens if you don't choose, and how RAP, IBR and Standard compare for former SAVE borrowers.</description>
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      <description>Parent PLUS loans can't use RAP. Which plans parents keep, the one-payment ICR step that keeps IBR open until 2028, the new borrowing caps, and discharge rules.</description>
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      <description>Which employers count for PSLF, what full time means, contractors and second jobs, the vacated 2025 employer rule, and which plans count now.</description>
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      <title>What refinancing federal loans trades away</title>
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      <description>When refinancing student loans into a private loan saves money, when it doesn't, and the federal protections you give up for good. With a worked example.</description>
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      <title>The Repayment Assistance Plan, line by line</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>How RAP payments are calculated from your AGI and dependents, what happens to unpaid interest, the $50 principal match, and when the balance is forgiven.</description>
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      <title>Is that student loan relief company a scam?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>Everything these companies sell is free from the Department of Education. The warning signs, recent FTC cases, and what to do if you already signed up or paid.</description>
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