I did contact them and they said they can't have healthy patients opt out of their plan
Guava Send a noteboard - 08/06/2010 02:56:01 AM
They said that if all the healthy patients opted out for cheap health insurance policies, then they wouldn't be able to offer policies for people with health conditions. Their solution for this was to make their expensive insurance mandatory for everyone.
This doesn't sound legal to me, it sounds like they are steering people into just one plan. I thought people were supposed to have a choice. Even when we have a job and we are offered health insurance from just one company we are still given the option of taking it or not.
I'm pretty sure there could be a lawsuit over this kind of thing, but I don't want to create a big stir in school-- I just want to save that money every year. $4000 a year after 4 years is a substantial amount of money. The fees I listed before weren't even all the fees that they charge for health insurance-- there are a couple more.
This doesn't sound legal to me, it sounds like they are steering people into just one plan. I thought people were supposed to have a choice. Even when we have a job and we are offered health insurance from just one company we are still given the option of taking it or not.
I'm pretty sure there could be a lawsuit over this kind of thing, but I don't want to create a big stir in school-- I just want to save that money every year. $4000 a year after 4 years is a substantial amount of money. The fees I listed before weren't even all the fees that they charge for health insurance-- there are a couple more.
A legal question about health insurance and schools for anyone inclined to answer
07/06/2010 11:33:29 PM
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Probably impossible to answer without seeing any contract you have to sign before you attend.
07/06/2010 11:42:08 PM
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I think they will just add it to his term bill in that case.
08/06/2010 12:36:03 AM
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That is exactly what they will do, except they offer no waiver in my position
08/06/2010 03:07:43 AM
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Yeah, they just add it to your term tuition statement-- there is no way around it
08/06/2010 03:02:15 AM
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Re: A legal question about health insurance and schools for anyone inclined to answer
08/06/2010 12:38:54 AM
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I did contact them and they said they can't have healthy patients opt out of their plan
08/06/2010 02:56:01 AM
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I'd be curious to see what sort of ties can be found between the school, or some of its board...
08/06/2010 03:09:26 AM
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one question
08/06/2010 04:06:42 AM
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It most likely is policy for all students on the campus no matter what they are studying. *NM*
08/06/2010 05:23:47 AM
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Welcome to the concept of ObamaCare.....i.e., forced purchasing of medical insurance. *NM*
08/06/2010 04:34:26 AM
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Except not, because he already has a provider. Good try, but not really. Try again. *NM*
09/06/2010 02:39:48 AM
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you might think that is true but it is likely the insurance he has won't be allowed under Obamacare
09/06/2010 05:10:04 AM
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