It is back-to-school time, and that means millions of students heading off to college. But along with new clothes, backpacks, and laptop computers, a growing number of collegians need another item before they can start class — health insurance.
Florida State University (FSU) is one of the nearly one-third of U.S. colleges that mandates that all students have health insurance. The schools have added the requirement for several reasons. Health insurance most assuredly means students have better access to care if they are sick, and healthy students make better students. However, the requirement also helps ensure that health centers at the universities are paid when they provide services to students.
Lesley Sacher, director of the Thagard Student Health Center at FSU, said most parents are supportive of the requirement, which enters its third academic year this fall. “I have been amazed,” Sacher said, noting the idea did meet some resistance when it was first launched.
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