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Posted: 6:31 AM Feb 8, 2012
Michigan St. requiring student health coverage
A new Michigan State University policy is requiring freshmen to either have health insurance or pay to join a plan through the school.
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A new Michigan State University policy is requiring freshmen to either have health insurance or pay to join a plan through the school.
The Lansing State Journal and the Detroit Free Press report Wednesday that the East Lansing school is the first public university in Michigan to mandate coverage. The school says about 25 percent of public universities nationwide have the same requirement.
The Legislature plans a Feb. 15 hearing on the matter.
Michigan State University says it is trying to protect students who might have to choose between paying for medical treatment or college. Freshmen and other students new to the school last fall have until Feb. 29 to offer proof of insurance or be enrolled in the Aetna plan.
The cost is $940 for the semester.
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