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Prudential's
rates go up,
not benefits
By Denise Clifton
Fmerald Associate Fditor
I,ale last summer, most I'niversitv
students received a letter and brochure
from the AM O explaining the student
health insurance plan for the lotto no
academic veat Mthnugh many students
tossed this letter in the wastebasket
without a second thought. others were
alarmed deeply at the extreme t hanges
they found in the brot him*.
These were the approximately 0.000
students yvho enroll every year in the
ASl'O’s student health insurance pro
gram provided since l‘>87 hv I’rnden
tial through the American College
I lealth Assoc ialtou
The students discovered the annual
premium for an individual had jumped
from $285 to $ 17'1 a rate hike ot more
than at) pen erit l or students with one
dependent, the annual rate increased hy
>Ci pen ent to $1,177
But students with families were hit
the hardest Their annual rale went from
$HH I to St .Hk’7 .1 jump of more than
11)0 percent
\s students re.ad iurthei into the hro
( Imre they found the benefits had de
i teased as well While the deductible
was $100 last year it is $700 this veat
and mental health coverage now is liiu
iled to $7,000 for the entire plan year
Prudential also dec ided to pay only
70 percent down from HO percent
ot student i hums on the lust $10,000 in
c (immunity medical expenses, hut
they'll pay 'll) percent of the second
$10,000 in expenses Kac li student is in
lurn to Insurance, Page 14
Between The Rock
^^ind a hard place
Plan policy
overseen by
committee
By Dan I isler
t mcr.ild Reporter
I nf flu* past four Yf'.ns (hr
Student Health Insurant e ( !om
hotter {S||I(!) has broil lespon
sibi.' fur overseeing and setting
policy for (hr AM l ) health in
sin(ifu i* |»l*tn
S|!K’ negotiates .» health in
Ml ranee |»1.ill, chooses flu- in
surd lire provider .md makes all
personnel rind po I it \ dr< isions
concerning (hr program, ac
« ording 11> an ASl () tact sheet
1 hr 11vr mrmbn .M fl(
which siik r 198 a has .idmims
tried (hr oill\ student con
trolled insuraiK e program in
the nation mrrfs no less lhan
monthls and sometimes on a
week I v basis three student-,
serve on*--year terms and two
students serve staggered two
\ear terms
The AM ( ) president ap
points membets to SI IK ub
I* •« I to i onto mat ion by the Sfu
dent Senate t here is a stipend
ot $ a) per month
\long with ASI C) President
Andy ( lark the other commit
tee members are AM ( ) Vn e
President and SI IK < ban man
lurn to C ommhlee, Page r»
Graduate teaching fellows call for contract
Paige Price (letlj. a graduate teaching fellow in English, rallies t'rida\ in
benefits and wage in< reases from the I niversity.
f'holn lit \nilrr Kiiiirri
support ol health
CTFF demands fact finding
By Peter ( ogswell
I mer.ild Reporter
Dwarfed under a giant banner containing the single
( ati h all phrase of hibor unrest solidarity graduate te n h
ing fellows from all departments turned out in fori e Friday to
warn the I 'Diversity they .ire not going to relent on their i on
liar t demands
Meeting in the I All ( our I yard. (Ills heard speaker alter
speaker tell them not to give up the tight in the ongoing labor
negotiations between the Graduate I entiling lellow I edei.i
lion and the I ’Diversity
(>n Wednesday, the (.11 I rejected a stale mediator's pro
posal act epted by the 1 'Diversity and the federation is i ailing
lor a state tact tinder to In1 brought in to help bring an end to
the dispute Currently (i l l s are working without a i.ouliat I
said Carol Faulkiiei vice president nl organization Ini the
(.III
"We are here bet arise the t'Diversity is not listening
enough ' Faulkner said
'Cl i s teach 1 i peri . lit of all undergraduate classes at
the l’Diversity and it is time you receiver) more than |ust a
thank you.’’ Faulkner said
Following Faulkner it the podium was lane Howard
chief negotiator for the (ill I throughout the negotiations
Howard stressed that large numheis of protesters are the most
important weapon the (iTI 1 has for forcing the t'niversity to
listen to (iTF I demands
"The more of you that show up. the easier I sleep at
Turn to GTFF, Page I I