The Ongoing Battle for Student Loan Forgiveness

A student loan borrower who made voluntary payments during the pandemic is still waiting for a $5,000 refund promised by the Biden administration's broad debt relief. Despite contacting her student loan servicer, the Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, multiple times, she has not received any help or communication regarding her refund. The borrower is not alone in her student debt limbo, as millions of federal borrowers are waiting to see if the Supreme Court will uphold Biden's plan for student debt relief. The uncertainty around the relief and whether she will get her refund has kept the borrower making her payments, and she has reached out to multiple federal agencies for help, but none have been able to assist her.