Changes are coming to student loans. How might it affect you?

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Changes are coming to student loans. How might it affect you?

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Some 43 million Americans hold federal student loans.

If you're one of them - or planning to be - some major changes are coming beginning July 1, including new loan limits and an overhaul of repayment plans.

How might these changes affect you? NPR education correspondent Cory Turner spells out the changes that are coming and what to expect.

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