I don't know why this article made such a small deal out of it, but there is an income-based repayment program thats caps your payments as a percentage of your

I don't know why this article made such a small deal out of it, but there is an income-based repayment program thats caps your payments as a percentage of your income, and forgives the balance after 10 years (20 years for private-sector workers). It's a ridiculously good deal for people with a lot of student-loan debt.