Thousands see reduced Social Security checks because of unpaid student loans
Thousands see reduced Social Security checks because of unpaid student loans
Thousands of older Americans have been losing sizable chunks of their Social Security checks to pay back federal student loans. A new study out from the Government Accountability Office found that these required withholdings sometimes drop people’s incomes below the poverty line.
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