College insurance unaffected by bill The Dartmouth
In the face of national health care reform, many colleges nationwide will have to revise their school insurance plans, according Jack Turco, director of College Health Services. The Dartmouth Student Group Health Plan, however, will likely remain unaffected by the legislation because it meets the preliminary health care requirements announced for minimum coverage, Turco said.
“The DSGHP exceeds the standard guidelines issued by the American College Health Association for an appropriate, credible student health insurance/benefits program that is affordable,” DSGHP and patient accounting supervisor Ginger Farewell-Lawrence said in an e-mail to The Dartmouth.
Turco noted that the Dartmouth student plan’s quality of coverage is not necessarily the norm for college health insurance plans.
“There are many colleges that won’t be able to continue [their plans as they stand] because their plans are not good,” Turco said.
Just over 50 percent of Dartmouth undergraduates are covered under the student plan for the 2009-2010 school year, Farewell-Lawrence said. This figure is an increase from 20 percent of students covered, the rate which has been the norm in recent years, Turco said.
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