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Thursday, January 24, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
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Advisory board chairperson plans to lower minimum hour requirement for undergrads
Rising costs seem to make it harder for many people to afford health insurance, especially students who are faced with limited budgets.
By Amy Francis
Kensan staff writer
An alternative is offered to KU students, but for some, because of financial constraints or the number of hours in which they are enrolled, the student health policy is still out of reach.
For a second year, the board chose Blue Cross and Blue Shield as its health carrier. The choice was invoked by Student Senate in Spring 1990.
"We try to keep the price down as low as possible, but there are still some who can't afford it," said Mike Brennan of the Student Health Advisory Board.
Each year, the board recommends a company based on bids it received, and Senate must approve the company before it becomes next year's carrier.
Blue Cross offers insurance to KU undergraduate students enrolled in at least 12 hours, master's students enrolled in at least 8 hours, doctoral students enrolled in at least
Most students are covered by their parents' or spouse's insurance. But for those who are not, the program offers health insurance from $525.36 for an individual to $1,717.92 for family coverage.
one hour.
The required number of hours is
not a reason some students do not
attend class.
Lambert has tried for the past two years to change the undergraduate requirement to seven hours so that a student will be eligible to receive benefits.
"That's always seemed more reasonable to me, because many students are working and trying to get through college," Lambert said. "I suspect we'll get it through this time."
Senate will vote on the seven-hour proposal near the end of this semester.
Lambert has made exceptions to the 12-hour requirement for some students, about one student every three days and each case on an individual basis.
One of the reasons the poor, the cheaper is that students are required to use Watkins before going to other health service center. he said.
Jim Strobli, director of student health services at Watkins Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia.
Lambert said, "It's a lot cheaper than what they can get on their own."
good that the number of hours was set at 12.
The 12-hour requirement will help strengthen the program in the long run because full-time students will be using the program, he said.
Alan Meier, senior consultant of marketing for Blue Cross, said the company preferred that students are enrolled in at least 12 hours.
But Strobil and Lambert agreed that the program was good for those who qualified.
Meier said, "It is an incentive so that the student will utilize the most cost-efficient service first."
"I'd love to have this program," Strobi said. "It's a much lesser rate than in the private sector."
If the requirement is lowered,
company officials will have to discuss whether they would offer a bid for next year, he said.
Students are not required to go to Watkins if it is closed, the situation is life-threatening, the service is unavailable at Watkins or a dependent is not eligible to receive services from Watkins.
Recyclers talk trash at Statehouse
By Joe Gose
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA — There is trash in the Statehouse.
And an organization called BIRP brought it here.
In an effort to encourage investment in recycling centers and test markets in the state, the Kansas Business and Industry Recycling Program Inc. organized an exhibit at the National Museum of established recycling companies.
"We're always looking at economic development potential," said Chiqi Corneilus, executive director of BIRP. "Whether it's a small entrepreneur in the state or companies in other states that are ready to expand, we just have to prove that we have the collection capacity."
Cornelius said that this was the second year of the exhibit and that the reaction had been positive both years.
"We started last year, when the issue of solid-waste management legislators would have to address," she said. "Right now, they're introducing bills to help set up the demand for recyclables."
The National Association for Plastic Container Recovery attended the exhibit last year and returned this year.
Susan Roberts, the association's director of government relations, said, "Kansas has the potential to be a big market because of their central location. East and West coasts are much further ahead in processing recyclables."
"Once the processors get these plastic containers, they clean and cut them to make paint brushes, carpet, soda bottles or for filling of ski-jackets." The FET is second in value next to aluminum, and not every knows that."
Roberts said that the association reprocessed polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, the plastic used for containers that hold products such as soft drinks, liquor, peanut butter and cooking oil.
Roberts said that Dillons was the most aggressive collector of PET.
In addition, by collecting recyclables, the grocery-store chain helps
Vceps Vesper, sales manager of the Hutchinson-based Training and Evaluation Center for the Handicapped, said that Dillons had brought the recyclables to the center for several years, where they were prepared for processing by disabled people.
to train and employ disabled people.
"The markets for cans now are in Colorado and in South Carolina for plastics." he said. "We might do better with plastic packaging. We're a not-for-profit organization.
"Dillons is our biggest customer. It's an excellent project."
Representatives from the Amoco Foam Products Company was at the exhibit to educate the public about what he called a misunderstood product
Colleen Harley, Amoco's midwest regional director, said, "Poly styrene has had such bad press due to misinformation. We collect all fast food takeout items and recycle them as we turn our kitchen and imitation lumber for parks.
"We're looking for entrepreneurs interested in being partners."
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