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Some Students Accept Risk, Opt Out of Health Insurance

March 10, 2008 - 12:00am
By Allison Ferreira

With the 2008 presidential campaigns now underway and each of the three top candidates offering universal healthcare solutions, “the uninsured” has become a ubiquitous term in today’s news. But until an anonymous Cornell student revealed to The Sun that he has evaded the school’s mandatory health insurance policy for the past two years, it has never seemed quite so close to home.

The financially-independent student was insured by a family member’s plan before coming to Cornell, but a change in the insurance policy left the student uninsured. When faced with the obligation to purchase coverage through the University’s Student Health Insurance Plan, the student claimed to be covered by an old policy in order to avoid paying the premium.