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Show Wednesday, April472007V Campus News^.. INSURANCE From page 1 deductible. "USU's insurance has to accept students regardless of their past medical history, so students who are considered uninsurable can get insurance," Hansen said. "The maternity benefit is also wonderful because it falls under Title IX, so the company has to cover it like any other condition and cannot charge the typical $5,000 deductible." Some students, like Megan Schow, a senior majoring in music education, think the costs outweigh the benefits. "The price is ridiculous," Schow said. "They have to accept everybody - people who are dying - they have to accept them, so it makes the price outrageous. It was going to be like $800 a month for my husband and me." If the price of the school's health insurance is too expensive, what options are left open to students? Some options are to find an alternative insurance company or to go without insurance at all, hoping that the health center will be able to take care of all of their needs. But the health center doesn't cover everything. When a student goes to the health center, he or she is required to pay for lab tests, X-rays and prescriptions, which can cost quite a bit without insurance. Allison Dawes, a senior majoring in elementary and early childhood education, said she found this out the hard way. "Over Spring Break my husband got sick so I took him to the health center because we knew that it would be free," Dawes said. "But then they told us he had Influenza A and needed a prescription that would cost us $100 without insurance, and since our insurance hadn't gone through yet, we had to pay it." Dawes said their health insurance has since gone through and they keep it as their backup plan in case of any other major medical expenses. "I would rather pay the $160 dollars a month to Select Health than risk a huge medical bill," Dawes said. Insurance protects people against having to pay large hospital bills, but even though insurance is a good idea, sometimes the money to pay the premium just isn't there, said Heather Holmes, a sophomore majoring in piano pedagogy, "I know that it is smart to have health insurance because accidents happen and you might end up paying thousands of dollars in bills, but we are students and we don't have any money, so health insurance is just too expensive," Holmes said. Even though some students say they cannot afford health insurance, Hansen said she supports mandatory health insurance for USU students but for different reasons than some people T"\__AM_ jo f^l* ~ca L / n W l l OC VwXlfl.se Mr and Mrs. Daniel and Debra Cooper are pleased to announce the marriage of their might think. "I look at health insurance as a protection rather than a financial burden," Hansen said. "I have students come in and lay their head on my desk and cry and cry because they have a $17,000 medical bill from an emergency that they can't pay. It is horrifying to see these students without health insurance." Hansen said Logan Regional Hospital does have a financial program in place to help people without insurance pay their medical bills, but the fact that students have the access to insurance and choose not to take it could hurt their ability to get financial assistance. "Students are still eligible for financial help through the hospital, but what kind of assistance and how much assistance they will receive is based on the fact that the students have access to insurance and choose not to take it," Hansen said. Hansen said while she is in favor of mandatory health insurance for enrollment at USU, she does not believe people without insurance should be forced to purchase through USU's program. "I do not agree with forcing a student to purchase a particular policy. I do not agree with forcing students to spend a particular amount of money," Hansen said. -debrajoy@cc.usu.edu Gardner's plane found at bottom of Lake Powell and two other men on a remote shoreline. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Divers attached The pilot, Randy Brooks, wasflyinglow cables to the airplane that dumped Olympic over Lake Powell when the plane suddenly wrestler Rulon Gardner into Lake Powell after finding it in one piece Tbesday, standing dipped and clipped the water's surface. It came to an abrupt stop and began sinking. on its nose at a depth of 115 feet. The three survived the crash with only A salvage crew was ready to winch the bumps and bruises and managed to swim small high-performance plane to the surface more than an hour in 44-degree water. After in a remote bay of the 186-mile reservoir that a night without fire or shelter, they flagged straddles Utah and Arizona. down a fisherman on a boat the next morning. The National Park Service, concerned Gardner captured a gold medal at the about pollution from oil and gas, ordered the' Sydney Olympics in 2000. Two years later, he removal, which will be paid for by the pilot's insurer. was stranded for a night ^ ™ by his snowmobile in sub"The bottom of the airzero temperatures in the craft is roughed up, but it's Bridger-Teton National in one piece, standing up Forest, about 15 miles from on its nose," salvage expert James L. Cross said by sat- Comments to 'remembeFT his hometown of Afton, Wyo. ellite phone aboard a cata- 'Ihe bottom of the aircraft is maran in Good Hope Bay. He slipped into an roughed up, but it's in one piece,icy creek several times, and The Cirrus SR22 has his body temperature fell an emergency parachute standing up on its nose" to 88 degrees. Gardner lost "that could cause us some James L Cross, a toe to frostbite but surgrief if it opens, said Cross, owner of American salvage expert vived. Then, two years Fork, Utah-based Marine later, he survived a serious Projects Consulting Co. and motorcycle accident in Wyoming. Cross International Search and Recovery. After raising the aircraft by Tbesday afterOnly a handful of divers in Utah are qualinoon and hoisting it aboard his vessel, Cross fied to work in water 115 feet deep, where said he planned to motor 28 miles to the near- they risk deadly decompression dangers after est boat launch at Hall's Crossing. just 20 minutes. And spring runoff is turning The Feb. 24 crash stranded Gardner, 35, • Lake Powell muddy, reducing visibility. Speak Up DRAGON From page 1 Miller emphasized that the training sessions are not just for people with disabilities. "We want everybody who wants to come to come," Miller said. "We're hoping that people will get excited about it and their proficiency will improve." There will befivesessions on April 9 and five on April 13 in Room 154 of the MerrillCazier Library. The sessions will run both days from 10:30-11:20 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., 12:30-1:20 p.m., 1:30-2:20 p.m. and 2:30-3:20 p.m. -jenbeasley@cc. usu.edu • I ' "f daughter Dawn to Chase K. VoDxmari son 01 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Beverly Volkman. The couple were married March 10. Dawn graduated from Sky View High School in 2005, where she was active in trade and yearbook. She is attending Utah State University, majoring in public health education and working alt the Anniversary Inn. Chase graduated from Sky View High School in 2003. He then served an IDS mission to Birmingham. Ala. He enjoys hunting and playing sports. He works at Caiquest and plans on attending USU in the falL Showers were given by Darde. Holly, Dsnisc and Debbie. ; W^y ' * - ' , • ' ' • • ! " ' y" '•':-."" 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