The US government was praised for canceling $415 million in student debt for victims of for-profit college fraud. But the Biden administration has been criticized for failing, so far, to change student loan bankruptcy rules. | Analysis by zbyronwolf
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I went to Katie Lobosco, the CNN writer who covers student loans, for a better understanding of how much student debt exists, who holds it, and what else the government might do about it.Our emailed conversation, edited slightly, is below.Read MoreA massive pile of debtWHAT MATTERS: First, can you lay out how big of an issue student debt is in the US? How much is owed and by how many people?LOBOSCO: It's big. Americans owe nearly $1.
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