Allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy

Warren proposes ending the special bankruptcy treatment of student loans so they can be discharged like other consumer debts. The proposal applies to people who still have student debt after any relief available through her separate student-loan cancellation plan.

Context: The passage discusses student-loan cancellation separately; this statement concerns discharge through bankruptcy.

In their own words

my bankruptcy reform plan ends the absurd special treatment of student loans in bankruptcy and makes them dischargeable just like other consumer debts.

The source

Fixing Our Bankruptcy System to Give People a Second Chan...

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