Outstanding student loan debt could significantly cut the amount retirees receive in their Social Security checks.

Retirees may have part of their Social Security checks withheld by the government in order to pay off their outstanding student debts. This significantly imperils retirees, who, unlike younger workers, have no way to pay off the debts otherwise, a report from the New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis found.

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