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Tanya Rawat

Student Debt Could Take a Chunk Out of Older Americans’ Social Security — Sanders, Warren Back New Bill to Stop It

Social Security Reform Plan That Never Happened

Older Americans and borrowers with disabilities who default on federal student loans could get new protection from having their Social Security benefits garnished under legislation introduced Monday by Democratic lawmakers.

The bill would prevent the Treasury Department from withholding Social Security payments from those borrowers, including payments from Social Security Disability Insurance, Business Insider reported Monday.

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