6 CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN --- Wednesday, March 16, 1994 5 Board votes to change health insurance plan By Ashley Schultz Kansan staff writer 1 In their final meeting of the semester last night, members of the Student Health Advisory Board voted unanimously for a proposal that would raise student insurance premiums by 5 percent and would amend the Student Health Insurance Plan. Patrick Carter, head of the board's insurance subcommittee, said that GM Underwriters originally had proposed an individual student premium of $961. Amendments worked out by the subcommittee and GM Underwriters were able to bring that figure down to $776. "What we did was, we sat down as an insurance subcommittee and said, 'Where are our biggest expenses?'" he said. The first area the subcommittee addressed was the cost of prescription medications, Carter said. A new co-payment plan encourages students to use generic prescription drugs as opposed to name brands. Students would pay $10 for name-brand prescriptions at Watkins Memorial Health Center and $5 for generic equivalents. A second area the subcommittee addressed was the cost of covering students who sought care at facilities that are not members of GM Underwriters' Preferred Provider Organizations. The facilities that are members provide treatment at discounted prices in return for the business they receive as part of the insurance plan. With the current policy, students who seek care at a nonmember facility outside a 50-mile radius from Watkins cover 40 percent of the cost for treatment. They pay 20 percent for treatment at a nonmember facility inside a 50-mile radius. Students without a referral from Watkins pay a penalty. The amendment would eliminate that radius so that students seeking care at any nonmember facility would have to pay 40 percent of the cost. "We know that the student population is going to have accidents," said Dan Newman, a representative of GM Underwriters. "If they use the PPO agreement, it's going to benefit the program. It means that dollars that are paid for premiums can go further." The policy on insurance deductibles also would be amended. The previous deductible of $25 for each visit would be replaced with an annual deductible of $250 for students and $500 for families. Students would pay 20 percent of the cost for medical treatment until the deductible is paid off, Carter said. Another change in the policy would come in the form of a new option. A $30 option will be added to the policy to cover the cost, up to $10,000, of returning a body to a home state or country, or the cost of a medical evacuation. If the Student Senate rejects the proposal, bids eventually will be accepted from other agencies, but they probably would be much higher, Carter said. "We went out for bids last year, and no one came close," he said. Winter hopes to bring change By Stephen Martino Kensan staff writer Wint Winter, the only candidate for attorney general with experience in the Kansas Legislature, sees himself set apart from his competitors in the field. Winter, a Lawrence attorney in private practice and a former state senator, spoke last night at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union. His speech was sponsored by the College Republicans. Wint Winter "We need a change in leadership and direction in policy from the attorney general's office," he said. "The attorney general should be able to talk to legislators and be an advocate in the Legislature." Tackling crime and violence, instituting the power to make policy changes and bringing integrity to the office are reasons why he wants to be attorney general. Winter said. As a state senator, Winter served on the judiciary committee and was head of it from 1988 to 1992. 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