http://thinksb.com/2009/12/magazine-preview-students-footing-the-bill-for-most-emergency-care/ Stony Brook University's Progressive Voice Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://thinksb.com/2009/12/magazine-preview-students-footing-the-bill-for-most-emergency-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 James Boyle, College Parents of America Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:42:04 +0000 http://thinksb.com/?p=1062#comment-1749 It seems that the most reasonable solution to the ambulance funding issue would be to replicate the system used at Columbia which, as referenced in the article, relies both on funding from the university and on reimbursement from patients' health insurance. According to the US GAO, 67 percent of students are covered under their parent's plan. It could be a win-win for family and school budgets if health centers simply billed this health insurance that is already bought and paid for by families. The local hospital can bill insurance and so should the health center, dontcha think? It seems that the most reasonable solution to the ambulance funding issue would be to replicate the system used at Columbia which, as referenced in the article, relies both on funding from the university and on reimbursement from patients’ health insurance. According to the US GAO, 67 percent of students are covered under their parent’s plan. It could be a win-win for family and school budgets if health centers simply billed this health insurance that is already bought and paid for by families. The local hospital can bill insurance and so should the health center, dontcha think?

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