Social Security Update—Proposed Change Would Protect Student Loan Borrowers

The law would prohibit the federal government from garnishing Social Security to collect student loan debt.

One-in-five Americans – 63 million in total – would be impacted if Social Security’s retirement program faced a 24% cut today, the study found.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, announced a new proposal on Monday to protect federal student loan borrowers from having their Social Security checks garnished.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is pushing to prevent Social Security garnishment for older student-loan borrowers. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders is introducing legislation to stop Social Security garnishment for defaulted student-loan borrowers. The Education Department has paused garnishments and ha