At the prestigious Cornell University, the student body is upset over the recent mandate to be assessed a health care fee. The new policy requires student's to pay a health care premium if they opt out of the schools insurance program. The students have to pay this fee of $350 even if they have private health care coverage. This new policy was announced last week. The announcement erupted into a heated exchange between one of Cornell's highest ranking faculty and the protesting students.
According to the Affordable Care Act, a "student administrative health fee" is a fee charged by the college or university on a periodic basis to students of the college or university to offset the cost of providing healthcare through health clinics regardless of whether the students utilize the health clinics or enroll in a student health insurance plan.
This means that while this is frustrating and doesn't sit well with the student body, it is still legal under the laws of the Affordable Care Act. Cornell supports it's position and cites mounting costs to provide health services to students is a great concern. This fee will help offset the costs to provide health services.
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On top of tuition, housing and meals? Colleges just keep getting more expensive.
ReplyDeleteLauren Kuehmeier, period 2