Dr. Tony Bartels on FedLoan Servicing and the latest student loan news

Listen in as VIN Foundation Executive Director Jordan Benshea has a conversation with VIN Foundation Board Member and Student Debt expert Dr. Tony Bartels on the latest news about FedLoan Servicing and how it impacts student loans.

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Dr. Tony Bartels Tony Bartels, DVM, MBA graduated in 2012 from the Colorado State University combined MBA/DVM program and is a VIN Foundation Board Member and Student Debt Expert, and an employee of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). He and his wife, a small-animal internal medicine specialist practicing in Denver, have more than $400,000 in veterinary-school debt that they manage using federal income-driven repayment plans. By necessity (and now obsession), his professional activities include researching and speaking on veterinary-student debt, providing guidance to colleagues on loan-repayment strategies and contributing to VIN Foundation resources. Beyond debt, his professional interests include small- and exotic-animal practice. When he’s not staring holes into his colleagues’ student-loan data, Tony enjoys fly fishing, ice hockey, camping and exploring Colorado with his wife, Audra, and their two rescued canines, Addi and Maggie.

LINKS AND INFORMATION:

• VIN Foundation Blog post: https://vinfoundation.org/fedloan-servicing-quits/
• FedLoan Servicing: https://myfedloan.org/
• StudentAid.gov: https://studentaid.gov/
• Federal Student Loan Servicers: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/repayment/servicers
• StudentAid PSLF: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service
• VIN Foundation Student Debt Center: https://vinfoundation.org/studentdebtcenter
• Check your current student loan servicers and other loan details -- VIN Foundation My Student Loans tool: http://www.vinfoundation.org/mystudentloans
• VIN Foundation WikiDebt: https://vinfoundation.org/wikidebt
• VIN Foundation Webinars: https://vinfoundation.org/resources/webinars/
• Stay up to date with VIN Foundation updates: https://vinfoundation.org/updates/
• Personalized Assistance available via the special Student Debt Message Board areas:
  • VIN member (including veterinary students)
  • Non-VIN member (veterinarians and pre-veterinary students)

Email VIN Foundation: studentdebt@vinfoundation.org

Get updates to stay tuned for the VIN Foundation webinars on student debt.

Recent Reports on FedLoan Servicing Exit:

• https://www.marketwatch.com/story/student-loan-giant-that-manages-public-service-loan-forgiveness-will-stop-servicing-federal-loans-11625779955?siteid=yhoof2

• https://www.businessinsider.com/public-service-student-loan-forgiveness-pheaa-elizabeth-warren-2021-7?amp

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/student-loan-servicer-pheaa-drops-out-of-federal-student-loan-program-172217542.html

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2021/07/08/huge-student-loan-servicing-shakeup-this-major-loan-servicer-is-ending-its-contract/?sh=6d73b4fd7b23

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/09/the-agency-managing-your-federal-student-loans-could-soon-change.html

• https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/08/politics/federal-student-loan-servicing-contract-pheaa/index.html

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