(UNDATED) Much of the health insurance debate is about Americans who have inadequate coverage or none at all. On college campuses across the U.S, the focus is increasingly on who pays the bill: students, through segregated fees……or mom and dad, through private insurance.
Currently, when U-W students need medical care, they can go to their campus health center. There’s usually no “bill” per se â?? the expense is folded into the segregated fees paid along with tuition. And there’s also comprehensive, campus-sponsored health insurance available.
However, at a small but growing number of schools, the private market has come into play. The University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, for instance, contracts with four area insurance providers. It’s a trend that Dr. Sarah Van Orman of University Health Services in Madison predicts will expand across the nation as colleges tighten their belts. (Third item.)