UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 2, 1993
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Praeger addresses health care
Many questions remain, she says
By Brian James
By Brian James
Korean staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Many questions remain unanswered about health care reform presented by the Clinton administration, said State Sen. Sandy Praeger, R-Lawrence.
In a speech yesterday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, Praeger proposed questions that she said needed to be addressed, not only by the president but also by state legislators. About 35 people attended the speech.
Praeger said questions about what services would be funded under the new reform, who is eligible, and how
the new system would be funded remained important in the health care reform debate.
Praeger, one of the state's top health-care legislators, said students had not yet become active in the health-care reform debate. But students express concern when they learn they may pay as much for health care as people in higher income and are brackets, she said.
"Most young, healthy people feel,
'That's not fair, because I'm not going
to get as much for my money.'
Paeragle said. "But we're all going to move up the age ladder, and that same system is going to benefit us all."
Praeger displayed charts during the speech that showed national health care expenditures and average daily costs of hospital stays had risen dramatically in the last three years.
One chart also showed that 15 percent of citizens in the United States are without health insurance.
"Often it becomes a choice of putting food on the table or buying health insurance," she said. Praeger said one of the reasons health care had become unaffordable to a growing number of U.S. citizens was the increase in specialty practitioners
Specialty practitioners, she said, charged more for their services than general family practitioners
"Creating a balance of these two groups of doctors will be one of the goals of this reform." she said after the speech. "My husband is a surgeon, so this makes for some interesting discussions around the dinner table."
Health care expenditures, including research and development, currently make up 14 percent of the gross
domestic product in the U.S., she said.
"Until we get a handle on these health care costs,we really can't focus our resources on any other areas,especially education."
Praeger said that while most students did not know about specific health-care reform facts, they had become more concerned about getting a job with good benefits.
Pnager, a KU alumna and the only state senator from Lawrence, is the chair of the Senate Health and Public Welfare Committee and of the Joint House/Senate Committee on Health Care Decisions for the 1990s.
"They are asking employers about health packages and how the new reform will affect the company," she said.
Amendments may help grade appeals
By Christoph Fuhrmans
Kansan staff writer
Students now have a better chance of appealing their grades, thanks to two amendments of the University Senate Rules and Regulations.
The amendments deal with appeal grades given by graduate teaching assistants and the chances of grade changes during the appeals process.
Last year, if a grade was appealed in a class taught by a GTA, the GTA was in charge of giving grades. With the amendment, all grades appealed by students in those classes will go to
the professor in charge of the course. The other change is in the final stage of annealing grades.
When a student requests a grade change, the professor of the course hears the appeal. If the problem cannot be solved, it is taken to the department head. If the department head cannot solve the problem, the appeal is taken to the dean of the school.
The grade may be changed by either the head of the department or the dean of the school if.
The professor has been found guilty of sexual harassment or academic misconduct;
The student has been found guilty of academic misconduct.
A clerical error has been discovered;
The professor cannot be contacted.
If the matter still cannot be resolved, a judicial board hearing is set.
Before the amendment, a professor did not have to change a grade unless one of the four situations occurred, even if the judicial board ruled in favor of the student. In order to increase students' chances, the amendment of procedural regularities was added as possible grounds for a grade change.
Friauf said an example of an irregularity would be if at the end of a course a professor changed the final grade percentage of a test or project was worth and that affected the grade.
If the judicial board rules in favor of the professor, the grade remains the same. But if the board agrees with the student's appeal, the case is assigned back to the dean of the school. The dean then will give the proper grade after consulting with a committee of three faculty members from the school.
Student Senate allocates funding for groups
By Donella Hearne
Kansan staff writer
Money talk began as the Student Senate Finance Committee dove right into a stack of legislation at yesterday's first committee meeting.
The first meeting of the five standing Student Senate committees consisted of election of chairs for each committee and preparation of bills for Student Senate hearings. The Finance, University Affairs, Multicultural Affairs, Arts and Events, and Student Rights committees all met to debate which bills they wanted to send to Student Senate for further legislation.
The Finance Committee heard from ten student groups and passed eight of the bills. The committee will hear legislation from student groups all
semester as the groups take their proposals through the legislative process
All ten groups requested funding for their organizations.
The Pakistan Club's bill requesting $3,959 was reduced to $3,329 before it was passed to Student Senate with a favorable recommendation. If the bill passes legislation, the club will receive the money to use for special events to promote awareness on campus of Pakistan culture.
The General Union of Palestinian Students of Kansas University was appropriated the most money of the 10 groups. The group received $3,500 for two speakers for Palestine Heritage Week in November. If awarded, the money will be used to bring speakers Lela Diab and Noam Chomsky to campus during the week's activities.
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization and The Original Club of Kansas University Looney Tunes did not get their funding requests through the Finance Committee.
HALO's request for $325 for registration fees for the United States Hispanic Leadership Conference was denied by the committee. The extra money would have allowed more students to attend.
Environs' original request for $2,574 was amended down to $787 in the committee before being passed. The environmental activist group requested funding for activities including the Earth Day
The overall turnout of students for the night was good, said Eric Midell, Finance Committee vicechairperson.
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