More Colleges Requiring Health Insurance

[classics]

TOLEDO, Ohio - A growing number of public universities are requiring that students have health insurance before they step into the classroom, a move aimed at saving the uninsured from huge bills and college hospitals from getting stuck with the cost.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=16&u=/ap/20050214/ap_on_re_us/student_insurance

[mark414]

1. Hey poor people! Fuck you!

i think that's basically it

[yinkaafrica]

2. yep

[Coastie for Truth]

3. No - its to protect the students

from the medical students and the nursing students.

[solinvictus]

4. Yes, but...

at the same time, it's an additional cost burden on financially strapped students. We're lucky here at UAB as we're able to purchase health insurance for $300/semester. However, at other non-medical universities, I'd hate to see the cost.

[Coastie for Truth]

5. When I was in grad school

I had some dental work attempted (ATTEMPTED ?) by a dental student.

Better then nothing - but not real dental work (needed to be re-done about 2 years later)

[HockeyMom]

6. SUNY

Insurance is around $1,400 for the year (12 months) - no dental and no prescriptions.

[saigon68]

10. The privileged have it all

THE CHIMPANZEE at YALE

[Supersedeas]

13. * jobs plan so people can afford insurance - go to school for education

ah, the paradox of economics for the Bush Oligarchy

[conflictgirl]

7. Yet another show of proof that we need universal health care in the US. nt

[QC]

8. That would have kept me out of graduate school. n/t

[seemunkee]

9. Had to give proof for my son to attend Northeastern

Or you could buy a campus supported policy.

[Igel]

11. UCLA has mandatory health insurance for grads; maybe for

undergrads, too, now.

It's a required fee; therefore it's covered by the normal financial aid/support mechanisms.

When grad students voted it in (yes, it was voted, but there were some hefty perks and bribes involved), it was really voted in by depts that had a strong ideological bias towards the idea, as well as departments where most grad students are funded by outside grants.

For most humanities departments, professional schools, and some social science departments (those that don't get lots of funding), it just increased the cost of school.

The upside of the way it was instituted gave grad students a very large voice in what was covered, and therefore how the pricing went. Not always a good thing.

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12. i need insurance here at the u of minnesota

if you don't have insurance, you can get it through the school or through a company associated with the school or something, i'm not sure, because i already had insurance before i enrolled, so i didn't need to worry about it.