_Forum_ Foreign students hurt by insurance plan By Kelvin Wee It's happened again I hi1 A SI 1) ha* om e again ignored the neeil ol international students in its attempt to provide a service to the general stu dent Ixuh it you haven't noticed In now the < ost of health insurance (overage sold l>\ the AM t) _Commentary health insurance office has increased h\ astro mimical amounts Last year. (.ovi'rani1 undi'i the ASl () Prudential group )>l,iii cost onl\ sJH'i ,i year Ini .) student with no dependents I ii.it rate tins skyna keled to $ l-'t tins ve.ii To add salt to the wound, the (overuse has de i leased It's dio|iped to only 70 pen ent i overage, w hile the dedin table has now leaped 100 peri ent to $.111(1 instead ot $100 Main students are not aware ol this bei ause thev do not have to pun base insurant e Interna lional students at this l!niversit\ and in this i ountry , however, are required to pun base some form ol health insurance before we are allowed to completely register tort lasses The point 1 am trying to make is in addition to the annual mt lease in tuition, we also are being additionally burdened In this year s abhorrent in t lease in health insurant e costs l nlortnnatelv. mam international students are not aware that there are several other plans avail able in tilt* market that t ost much less anti offer much belter coverage Although none is actively promoting these plans mam ol us have found them and are pun basing them as an alternative to the sit keningly overprit •■<! ASl () plan What’s men more distressing is that while the pamphlet distributed by the ASl () states that stu dents may cancel coverage with Prudential with in 2\ tla\s of purchasing it (Page fi). the top an thority from Pruiiential has deemed otherwise Apparently the pamphlet has been designed by a select few and not “for the Students of the t’ni \ersitv of Oregon The statements on Page t> ol the pamphlet should and must he binding under law .uni the ASl'O health insurance i ommittee and Prudential must live up to their promises hast year we received a hard slap ill the laic when the ASl'O ignored international students while it organized .1 symposium on r.u imii In re I.ill,limn nr 1 hose to bovi nil thr event I I>in year nr art’ being slapped in <i different area llm pocket book Mm li of the work done on tins vr.11 s health in sur.ini r (overage cost Inis boon blamed on I ho pro\ ions administration Hut what s tlm ditlei t»n« o' This vo.11 s iidiinnislr.itmn is still i .illod tlio \S1 ■() .mil llio ,\sro health msnr.ini o ininmil ton is still 1 ailed the ASIA) ho.iltli insurant o 1 inn nnlloo M.iiiv may sav that the present \Sl t) .nlmini - tr.ilinn slinulil not have to Im reminded nt I.1II.1 i ms by Iomiiit .idininislratiinis; I bey to (lifter It tbe bilks in ibis vo.ir s ad in mist 1 at inn tool so strongly abniil lairlv taking 1 are nl its i nnslitii ents, it should have rose.iri bed alternative msur am e plans that ntlel better i overage In stlliloills at lower i usls 1 be executive also should have nl ten'll those plans .IS .III alternative In tbe present poor oxi use for insurant e 1 overage I would like to lake ibis nppnrtuilltv In re mind the members nl the AS! A I that they rei eive their stipends from ire 1de11l.il tees paid for b\ students at the University lnlernalmn.il students also pav 1 lit 1de11t.1l lees and we demand roi ngni linn as a pail nt this student body bv these elei led and appointed nit 11 nils I am extremely disappointed I teel that it is In tally irresponsible tor the present administration to .11 lively promote the Prudential plan when nth ers are available and utter better t overage at low ei prices Isn't the ( list nl education high enough ' Why should the 1 osl of health insui.mi e lie as high In ( losing. I would like to encourage every stu dent who has purchased the Prudential plan to lake 1 .lie ot their health and pm kellinnks Pic k up tbe telephone and find out about otbei plans tlial are available out there Many cost mm h less and offer mill h better coverage fight lor your rights Demand tliat Prudential live up to its promises and forte them to allow ram ollation ol < overage let's show the ASIA) the ASIA) health insui ante committee and Prudential tliat we will not deal w it li t rap Krlvm Dee /s an mlrm.ilinn.il stuilrnt cr/irr* seu/.i/iv e 11 n tlir I'nitnl Stairs Sltltlrnls \ssoi 1.1 lion s \ 1it1011.1l Ho.ml ol Dirri ton. Hr is also thr lint orr! sec lion rililor loi thr Kmerald 1 • Typesetting • Paste-Up/Layout • Design/Consultation • PM I 's/1 ransparenc it‘s 300 Erb Memorial Union 686 4381 __ Oregon IhiiI \ _ . Emerald I'll »««» fuv«iw The 0r»»{}. • . '.i ‘, t. mt.".i;0 • » i! 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