Daily Ncbraskan
tests interest
in insurance
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Friday, February 24, 1G34
Health Center r
UNL students will find
another questionnaire in
registration packets this
spring because the Uni
versity Health Center is
counting the number of
students interested in
buying health insurance.
Any student taking four
or more credit hours who
has paid the $39.42 health
center fee is eligible for
student health insurance,
the student health insu
rance representative said.
Diane Langhorst said
the insurance plan cov
ers an entire calendar
year from Aug. 1 6 to Aug.
16. The plan also covers
students during semester
breaks, on trips or vaca
tions. "Students are covered
for the year even if they
graduate early," Lang
horst said. "Many stu
dents take the quarterly
payment plan so if they
do graduate early and get
a job, they can stop pay
ing and cancel the con
tract." The plan covers all ex
penses at the Health Cen
ter with the exception of
the pharmacy and regu
lar dental work. For ser
vices in the community,
the plan has a $50 deduct
ible and covers 80 per
cent of the first $2,500 of,
expense. It covers all ex
penses from $2,500 to
$25,000.
The plan b ior injury or
sickness and is compre
hensive rather than sup
plementary, said Steve
Blom, University Health
Center director.
"This year there is only
a 6 percent increase in
the cost of the policy as
compared to a 20 to 30
percent increase in other
health insurance policies,"
Blom said.
Approximately 1,900
students, or 8 percent of
the student body, have
UNL student health in
surance. Blom said the
health center's concern
was for all students to
have some coverage to
avoid a potentially bad
financial situation.
The insurance plan also
covers illnesses or acci
dents that may occur
whila traveling overseas,
Langhorst said. The plan
is not limited by geogra
phical area.
"I suspect about G5 to
70 percent of the stu
dents have some form of
coverage," Blom sold. The
25 to 35 percent who.
dont is the market we're
working for.""
Dental health
day tomorrow
Students at the College
of Dentistry will educate
parents and children
about oral health at the
third annual Children's
Dental Health Carnival
from 10 am. to 4 p.m.
tomorrow on East Cam
pus. llore than 1,200 peo
ple are expected to attend .
the carnival, which will
include puppet shows,-
brushing and flossing in
structions, games and
prizes, an award-winning
multi-projection slide
show, "A Dental Odcssey," .
and appearances by the
Tooth Fairy and Star
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