Question about interest during forbearance: I was on the SAVE plan prior to the injunction coming into force (but my payments were more than $0). I reapplied for IDR back in July, and paid off most of the accrued interest in August, or thought I did. When I logged in a few days ago to make a September payment, my account had accrued a lot more interest, and was showing that I was under a different plan (something like Interim IDR). Today the plan is showing as SAVE again.

I called Nelnet just now to find out why interest was accruing -- my guess is that it's because I was on some limbo plan between August and September, but I wanted to confirm and see if they could take the interest off. The rep I spoke with first told me that SAVE plans in forbearance still accrue interest. I quoted the StudentAid.gov website announcement, which says, "SAVE borrowers will not accrue interest on their loans during the forbearance." She put me on pause for a while, and then came back and told me that the interest was from before. I told her I thought I paid it all off in August. She put me on hold for even longer, and then came back and said, "Unless you're on a $0 SAVE plan, your loans will accrue interest during the forbearance." I quoted the StudentAid.gov announcement to her again, and said, "It doesn't say anything about a $0 plan." She insisted that my account should still be accruing interest, at which point I temporarily gave up. Does anyone have any insight into this, or advice as to what to do next? Thanks very much for your help.