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Is UNC channeling Obama with insurance mandate?
Submitted by eferreri on 09/04/2009 - 09:29
In the paper today, a Chapel Hill resident writes in knocking the UNC system's recent approval of a plan that will require all public university students to purchase health insurance.
She writes in part that the insurance mandate is "nothing more than a blatant attempt by the university administrators to force the proposed Obama/Democratic health-care policies on students without giving them a say in the matter."
The UNC system folks I've talked to about this program say they did it to create equity across the UNC system. Currently, each campus offers its own health insurance plan. Some mandate it, others don't, and coverage costs and terms vary pretty widely.
So is the health insurance plan a good idea? A political move? What say you?
Here's our story on the plan.
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The reason for making this
Fri, 09/04/2009 - 13:22 — sesunceduThe reason for making this a mandate is almost certainly to do with financial aid law (20 U.S.C. § 1087ll):
This is the same reason that UNC introduced a laptop requirement after this section was amended in 1998 to allow computers to be included in the cost of attendance.
UNC Student Health
Fri, 09/04/2009 - 11:19 — igliigliThe N&O should be asking why Athletic Department trainers are paid using UNC-CH student health fees and NOT by the RAMS club.
Yo Iggy!
Fri, 09/04/2009 - 14:44 — AgentPierceiggy .... it could be because they also serve the student body as well as the athletic teams. It could also be that your facts aren't exactly right. In your little crusade against college sports, you've been known to get a tad overly-enthusiastic in your "facts". ..... bless your heart!
Another INCOMING from Eric
Fri, 09/04/2009 - 09:59 — AgentPierceEric serves up his daily mortar round at UNC.
Lots of UNCers seem to be getting perturbed at all this attention from the N&O. I figure if an N&O cub reporter can take down such a venerable institution, then it wasn't all that venerable to begin with .