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Health care plan needs support
Bn \nds ( l.trk
( Iftei) times the easiest soltl
lion In our hi'iilth insurant e
woes would be to throw up our
hu in Is and s.i\ "toilet tins'
I nfortunateh. we i .111 not
turn our bat ks on .1 program
that t ould potentiallv pro\ itle
lor \ aided health 1 are re
soon cs ini ludmg, but not lim
ited to: the pa\ nieiit ot metlit al
tost, preventative programs
and ,1 subsuh strut lure tiuii
valed in the state
I'he role ol the Student
I lealth Insurant e ( ainimittee
a group ol lee pav ing I 'niversi
In students consisting ol worn
en. people ol color, non truth
tional students internalion.il
students, students with disabil
ities. and parent-students is
to provide informed polity tie
1 isions and recommendations
for out student health insur
ance program (ionsideration
lor the lowest possible pretni
11111 while attaining the highest
level ol belief its. is a given, not
an e\t option. w hen developing
the program.
The plan stinks" | Ol)}-..
I)ei a): II is hard to counter
sut h an intelligent. Nvell-artiru
lated argument but let me give
It a 11 \ On a -t 1 vote ot the
SI IK;. it was so mm ed that the
l ei 0111111e11d.it ion presented to
I I I I \ I I Nil v . Ill II I I M I > I I <1 I « »l -> * till
lor lull pen fill p,ulii ipatinn m
,i Student Health Insurant e I’m
gram
It is lint tut lie In reiterate the
reasoning that drives vvlial we
knew four months ago would
he a politirallv "ugh " decision
In 111.1 ke
I "or the Stilt to suggest any
thing short of I till pen out pel
In ipatinn in a group insurant e
program defeats the purpose ot
insuring on .1 group level and
undermines our ohjeetivitv in
identify ing the me.ms h\ w hit h
students will benefit the gre.it
est in a group insurance pro
gram ()ne hundred pen cut
partir ipation pros ides for the
maximum amount of what is
called good risk
\s we deplete the numbers of
those shilling the risk, we t ie
ate .111 "iidv else selet tion.
which miMiis Ih,it those |>ur
< basing tht> plan will he most
likt'lv li' take out .1 ( hum U e
find ourselves in .1 (iotfiiti.il sit
nation of. out e again, the mutt
ev (laid out e\i reding the 111011
ev paid out ext ending the mini
e\ (laid into the program
It is interesting to note that
international students 1 omprise
roughly one third ot the stu
dents in the AM (> polii \
howevel lhe\ .11 t omit tor III
peri ent ot the t (aims I ssenliul
l\ the international students
are subsidizing the domes)ii
students on our 1 urrelit (dan
Moreovei it is mandatory
that they have prool of health
insurant e before they 1 an rngis
ter for t.lasses How is it we t ail
(iistity a mandatory expense
Iriun one set tor of our student
body and at the same lime
speak out so fervently against a
similar and eipial polii y lot do
mestii students’
I or rlarifii ation. the money
(laid in is the premium; the
money paid out is the 1 luirn
and tin entire amount is the
premium fund IU tier reusing
the number of those insured
we mi reuse the premium and
loyyei the benefits An insu!
am e < ompauy must make a tea
soluble lorei ast tin iisk so that
a base premium 1 an he eslab
lished dependent upon .mini
(rated 1 laims and 1 laims expert
erne
l ilt' i omp.ms tli.it s\ r i on
11.11 I with presently is not sol
ling their |)n‘iniiim rate ins au.se
tltes hase lost mimes tor evers
Sear till’s ililVr In-I'II out i .11111-1
l lir premium is sot u ith tlin
.nit ic ip.ili’il i isi .mil rising
mi'ilir al cost.
>.i 11< has ^n t’ii an nnsu nr
and a lentativn plan to lower
premiums and mi tease Irene
Ids vs till options tor unpin
mentation ami strut turn No
matter how unpopular the tlet i
sion tor ton pm ml partn ipa
lion mas seem understand ss e
have finintl a solution that hits
right at the heart ot the proh
lent
Slav he I am not a< knovs ledg
ing our ms ini i I r 11 its "It ssdl
never happen to me more than
that I tlon I t ighttulls i am il it
THE FAR SIDE By GARY LARSON
' Jimzfxxy! Do you have to mess with the organisms
on every planet we visit?"
happens to .1 fellow student
I’aving tor their tre.ilment
should he their responsibility
The mumhled .uni muffled l.u t
IS th.lt health I .lie is a sin i.d
problem The I|U.|||I\ of life on
this r umpus will flourish when
ue i .in adequately provide tin
tile mental .mil pllYsjt.il well
being ot not onK ourselves, hill
.list) for the student ( omuiuiiitv
and its members
\'o pnigr.llll to dale would III
vnlve and engage the students
to the level that we are now
proposing \t the same tone
w e stand to mi iease polilit al
and ettmoniit leverage to the
tune of S4 million III w ere an
individual working in lolinson
oi ( fiegiui Hall I would i ale
guru al!\ and undeniably re
lei t iinv group health insurance
program initialed and imple
mented bv students that t tiiikl
in all le.ditv surpass the pro
grant that the university t ur
ninth offers it s own employ
ees
Are we t omplai ent with the
tart that if yye lose the program
the t ’nir ersitv adininislralinti
i an |iist as easily pit k it up '
In the proposition ot lull per
i ent pa 11 it Ipatlull III a health
insurant r program we are ask
mg students to think hard and
make deliher.lte del i .lolls re
gartling then restuut es ot
health i are
\/if/y l l.uk is 1‘if.siilrnl o/
Ihr \Sl (J
(iradualiny.on to (iraduatc School?
( ntiMvK r a multi Jim. iplmaiv program that blends Mu,mi,*tr\ hmlnpx pbs
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