Before, income based repayment for student loan forgiveness used to limit your monthly student loan repayments to %15 of your discretionary income and you would get complete forgiveness after almost 25 years. But now with the student loan forgiveness plan by obama, your monthly payments will be %10 of your discretionary income and you will also get complete forgiveness after 20 years.
Just to make sure there is no complication, this new plan was supposed to get in motion in 2014. But, obama speed things up and this new student loan forgiveness plan (at least a part of it), is in motion now, 2012.
“Pay as You Earn” is the name of the proposal and it will sure make your life a bit more easier. However, you will only be eligible if you are a new borrower. So, unfortunately, this new student loan forgiveness programs is not going to be for everyone, but surely a lot of people will be able to use it to their advantage.