9 million Americans were wrongly told they were approved for student debt forgiveness

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About 9 million Amercans with student loans who had applied for the Biden administration's student-debt relief program mistakenly received emails last month that said their applications had been approved.

About 9 million Americans with student loans who had applied for the Biden administration's student-debt relief program mistakenly received emails last month that said their applications had been approved. inform 16 million debt relief applicants

that they had been approved to have up to $20,000 forgiven. But an additional 9 million people received emails saying they had received loan forgiveness when they had not been approved for relief because the process was halted due to legal challenges, according to officials. And others who hadn't yet applied for the student loan relief program also received the email.

The error was made by Accenture Federal Services, a contractor with the Education Department, which sent the emails on November 22 and 23.

The email subject line incorrectly informed 9 million recipients:"Your Student Loan Debt Relief Plan Has Been Approved." However, the text of the letter was accurate, letting those recipients know that the determination of the their eligibility would continue"if and when we prevail in court."In a statement to CBS MoneyWatch, Accenture blamed the issue on"human error."

"Accenture Federal Services regrets the human error that led to an email being sent to a number of student loan debt relief applicants with an inaccurate subject line," the firm said."Working closely with the Department, Accenture Federal Services will review quality control measures to support accurate and timely communications to applicants in the Student Loan Debt Relief program.

 

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I think I got one that said it was approved but also explained it wouldn't go through at this time

9 million people got played by the Biden Administration.

Bahahaha

Millennials and Gen Z right now

Yes, I got an email saying my application was approved... but the same email said this:

This headline should be completed with..',but unfortunately Republicans are fighting it in court'.

Voter fraud

Feel used yet?

Not sorry, I had to pay my debt off, only losers can't cause the liberal majors are unmarketable.

President Biden has to reverse market privatization of higher ed trade funding, and significantly increase the federal government’s role.

Biden is a liar. He has been his whole life. Dems believe anything and everything they hear. Sad for sure...

Mistake before the midterms? I don’t think so.

How many Americans are saddled with medical debt?

That was the plan all along. Pass an unconstitutional plan, rely on Liberals being too stupid to figure that out, get votes in the midterms because Liberals are too stupid to do research, and then inevitably have the plan overturned in the courts.

Until you block the Republican trash we're gonna live in a screwed up world

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