Many private student-loan lenders say they have a review process for cases involving disability or injury, and the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection will have an ombudsman in charge of private student loans. Yet neither the student-loan legislation passed in March as part of the health-care overhaul nor the financial-system overhaul passed in July requires lenders to discuss with the borrower and co-signer the consequences of a borrower’s death or permanent disability, or require lenders to forgive private loans in those cases.
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