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Missouri Attorney General’s Office

Missouri Attorney General’s Office

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How the SAVE student loan plan was built, frozen, and dismantled

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Lead plaintiff attacking SAVE and negotiating a settlement that reshapes national loan policy.

Joe Biden sold the SAVE plan as a fix for a broken student loan system: smaller payments, faster forgiveness, and protection from ballooning interest for millions. Eighteen months, two Supreme Court losses, and a barrage of lawsuits later, Donald Trump’s Education Department has cut a deal with Missouri and other Republican-led states to kill SAVE and shove its 7‑plus million borrowers into more expensive plans.

Updated Dec 11, 2025