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Trading insurance for an education
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Luis Botello, a senior communication major, is looking forward to graduating from Texas A&M in August. ...
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John Alexander
posted 7/05/07 @ 12:32 PM CST
BJ - Spoken like a true idiot. I'd say cancer patients never saw it coming. I'm glad I'm not your dependent left picking up the pieces after you come down with west nile and sap the account dry for treatment.
Good Job Kristin Leveille on writing a truly educational piece. Students need to be educated on the realities of life, and you shed light on the need for financial responsibility especially where it pertains to health. I have an affordable insurance plan that I pay about $75 a month for, my wife also has a plan through the university for about that. Without health insurance, students are basically throwing the dice everyday, hoping that today will be just like yesterday. Its not a smart way to live. We're supposed to be the educated ones, and this was a good way to let people know about an often overlooked area of reality. I hope students heed this warning.
Good Job Kristin Leveille on writing a truly educational piece. Students need to be educated on the realities of life, and you shed light on the need for financial responsibility especially where it pertains to health. I have an affordable insurance plan that I pay about $75 a month for, my wife also has a plan through the university for about that. Without health insurance, students are basically throwing the dice everyday, hoping that today will be just like yesterday. Its not a smart way to live. We're supposed to be the educated ones, and this was a good way to let people know about an often overlooked area of reality. I hope students heed this warning.
John Alexander
posted 7/05/07 @ 12:39 PM CST
BJ - Spoken like a true idiot. I'd say cancer patients never saw it coming. I'm glad I'm not your dependent left picking up the pieces after you come down with west nile and sap the account dry for treatment.
Good Job Kristin Leveille on writing a truly educational piece. Students need to be educated on the realities of life, and you shed light on the need for financial responsibility especially where it pertains to health. I have an affordable insurance plan that I pay about $75 a month for, my wife also has a plan through the university for about that. Without health insurance, students are basically throwing the dice everyday, hoping that today will be just like yesterday. Its not a smart way to live. We're supposed to be the educated ones, and this was a good way to let people know about an often overlooked area of reality. I hope students heed this warning.
Good Job Kristin Leveille on writing a truly educational piece. Students need to be educated on the realities of life, and you shed light on the need for financial responsibility especially where it pertains to health. I have an affordable insurance plan that I pay about $75 a month for, my wife also has a plan through the university for about that. Without health insurance, students are basically throwing the dice everyday, hoping that today will be just like yesterday. Its not a smart way to live. We're supposed to be the educated ones, and this was a good way to let people know about an often overlooked area of reality. I hope students heed this warning.
BJ '05
posted 7/06/07 @ 10:25 AM CST
John - Spoken like a true a**hole. You're right, those 13 years of health for me have been lucky. BUT there were times in college when I couldn't afford to eat, let alone pay some other bill for something I may not even use. All these safety nets that cost "only" $75/month or whatever are easy to justify WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY. When both your parents are poor white trash and you are putting yourself through college COMPLETELY, its not so easy to justify paying $75 or $261, or anything for something besides rent, lights, car payment, car insurance, car parts (because your car is junk), gas, bike tubes (because you live behind northgate in a dump and always run over broken glass), phone, food, tuition, books, and football tickets.
Lea
posted 7/06/07 @ 3:44 PM CST
BJ, you haven't just been lucky for 13 years of health, but 13 years of no injuries or accidents. My brother's hospital bills after a car accident came out to over $500,000 before insurance. Many people forget that health insurance isn't just used when you go to a doctor for a cold, but in emergency situations in which no one can forsee. You may choose to spend YOUR money in any way you see fit, but please don't try to convince other people that insurance is a scam. Without my health insurance most people (including me) could not afford vital prescriptions and health procedures. I hope that your good health continues, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Zach
posted 7/06/07 @ 7:47 PM CST
Would you think students be willing to pay about $70 a month for a supplemental insurance that covers both accidents and sickness?
drug treatment
posted 1/23/09 @ 4:17 PM CST
Actually, I was expecting to see something like this happening so soon. Teenagers want to get their necessary education and this is what they do to get it. It is such a pity to see that they have to give up their health to study.
Jared
posted 1/24/09 @ 1:46 PM CST
I go to school full time and I work part time. I pay for my own insurance. I don't use it but once a year to get a physical but I still pay for it just in case. Don't tell me that someone else should front the bill for your health insurance. Be responsible for yourself.
SAH '09
posted 1/24/09 @ 6:20 PM CST
BJ is right in that it is easy to say everyone should get it when you have to money to do so. Just because it may be easy for you to afford it, it isn't easy for every one. And it's debatable, but some argue that part of the problem with how expensive medical bills are is due to insurance.
For now I just hope nothing happens to me, because I know I can't afford it and my parent's don't have coverage either.
For now I just hope nothing happens to me, because I know I can't afford it and my parent's don't have coverage either.
Mark
posted 1/26/09 @ 4:06 PM CST
Obama should handle this.
Oh wait that guy is a giant failure as a President.
Oh wait that guy is a giant failure as a President.
JH
posted 1/26/09 @ 11:13 PM CST
Ahh and it's begun. When the libs scream about how we need national health care because costs are so high they never stop to think why. You know in New York it's going to be mandatory that Parents' health insurance cover their "children" up to the age of 30?
This is how it starts (and it started a long time ago). "Oh my, those poor college students have to pay for school instead of health insurance, we HAVE to help them"
Don't get me wrong, this is probably one of the best written articles I've seen in The Batt in a LONG time, but I figured I would address what some people may see as an underlying message. : )
Oh I just realized this article was written two years ago. Maybe that's why it's so far above current Batt quality.
This is how it starts (and it started a long time ago). "Oh my, those poor college students have to pay for school instead of health insurance, we HAVE to help them"
Don't get me wrong, this is probably one of the best written articles I've seen in The Batt in a LONG time, but I figured I would address what some people may see as an underlying message. : )
Oh I just realized this article was written two years ago. Maybe that's why it's so far above current Batt quality.
FormerStudent07
posted 1/29/09 @ 12:23 PM CST
FYI, I used A&M's insurance plan during my last year at A&M. Their insurance is horrible. I paid around $1200 for a plan that only reimbursed me ONCE for my prescription, which cost $123. They denied every other insurance claim I made, doctor's visits and prescriptions. They even denied a prescription for antibiotics for a sinus infection. Additionally, it was an pain in the butt to have to file the claims yourself. I had UofH's insurance for my first year in law school, and they have much better insurance. They never denied a claim, and they filed the claims for you. Additionally, an insurance representative is located in UofH's health center. Plus, their cheaper. A&M needs to find a new insurance company.
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posted 7/05/07 @ 10:14 AM CST