Income-driven repayment, forgiveness counts that go backwards, and what a pause actually costs.
This level is the machinery: the plans, the counting, and the traps inside options that sound like relief.
Under income-driven plans a payment can fall below the interest, which means the balance grows while you pay on time.
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