The College Debt Crisis - Special Report

Student Loan Defaults Could Cost Taxpayers Dearly

The dramatic rise in student debt—and in student loan defaults—could leave the American taxpayer on the hook for hundreds of billions of

dollars.

The landmark healthcare reform lawsigned by President Obama last March included a relatively little-noticed provision that overhauled the federal student loan program.

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