Not enough student-loan borrowers know about this way to get rid of their debt

More student-loan borrowers are discharging their debt through bankruptcy.

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• More student-loan borrowers are successfully discharging their debt through bankruptcy.
• But filings still remain low, which some attorneys attributed to a lack of awareness of the process.
• Guidance under Biden eased the bankruptcy process, and Trump has continued it.

It's not a myth: you really can get rid of your student loans in court.

For decades...