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  • September 11, 2009 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 2 (HIN1 Hits Western Carolina University-Continued from Pg. 1) areas such as shared bathrooms. We also have placed hand Sanitizer at locations all around campus and have sent e-mails and hung posters about how students can help prevent getting and- spreading the flu, she added, When students miss because they are suspected of having HINI, WCU Provost Kyle Carter said a plan is. in place. The Campus Health Center is sending my office daily updates that identify students who have been diagnosed. In turn, my office is notifying faculty when students in their class have the flu, said Carter. Consistent with current university policy on attendance, students are not to be penalized for their absence. In addition, faculty should help them obtain the information they have missed. If a class on campus reaches a certain point of diagnosed students, that class will likely be closed to avoid a further spread of HINI. If 25 to 50 percent of students class. in a class fall ill, it will likely be recommended that theclass be closed until it is safe again, said Buchanan. Thus far, Western Carolina has not closed any classes. It also has not canceled any athletic events, concerts, . _ lectures, performances or other large gatherings, but are coming up with plans on what to do if more students come down with the flu, according to WCU senior news director Bill Studenc. There are discussions about how to deal with some events as. we go forward, but at this | point there are not enough suspected flu cases, said Studenc. There is no federal guideline yet if there is a mass outbreak on campus,. but Western Carolina is considering options. Buchanan said ~~ Western Carolina would be allotted a vaccination supply for cases of HIN when its available. (Staff, Writer Catherine Butterfield contributed to this report) NEWS UNC System Adopts Mandatory Healthcare By Adam Crisp Staff Writer For the past few years, students at Western Carolina University have had to purchase health insurance - in order to attend school. Now the UNC University System is catching up by implementing a new health insurance plan mandating that all. students who attend the public UNC system have health insurance. How will this affect Western Carolinas current plan? I thihk for Western students the major difference will be... [that] the student population that will be required for coverage changes to part time [as well as full time students]. Anyone taking greater than 6 hours of classes will be required to have mandatory coverage, said Pam Buchanan, Director of Health Services at Western Carolina University. From a benefit standpoint, | think there is a lot of advantages. The maximum cap changes to $100,000 and it had been $30,000. This means that insurance will cover up to $100,000 instead of the current $30,000. An average price on an appendectomy, a common. surgery involving the appendix, costs around $25,000, and a car accident can quickly run up to $50-60,000. The News and Observer of Raleigh reports that a common injury, such as atorn ligament. . .not uncommon for students who like to play pickup basketball or football... could run $45,000, according to their sources. While a wide variety of health insurance companies will be bidding on who gets the contract, Buchanan guesses that a company such as Pierce and Pierce, United Healthcare, orBlueCrossBlue Shield of North Carolina will pick it up. Western Carolina currently Pierce and The outcome of the final bids will also determine if the University Health Center enhances its pharmacy benefits, possibly drug coverage. However, there could be no change at all in the has Pierce. meaning more distribution of pharmaceuticals. Some have raised concerns over having mandatory health insurance for seemingly healthy young people. Buchanan challenges this idea. | My impression is... across the UNC system we would have students that had to drop out... because they had so much medical debt, so thats what the insurance is about. Also, for Western Carolina students, a popular misconception is that a person has to have insurance through the school to use the University Health Center. lHaving private _ health insurance] has no. effect on the students ability to .come to the Health , Center, says Buchanan. So even though student benefits will increase by $70,000, students shouldnt see much of a change in their trips to the University Health: Center, or their paperwork when they process into school. _ Visit Us Online at WesternCarolinian.com Jackson Residents Peacefully Lege for Healthcare Reform By Justin Caudell Editor-in-Chief About fifty-five residents from across Jackson County peacefully assembled last Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the countys historic courthouse on main street in Sylva to urge Congress to, reform the nation $ current healthcare system. The residents held a vigil to. honor. those who they Sai suffering under the current he: car system and to show that No. Carolina cannot afford to wait for health care payer reform. Candles were lit, and the participants shared the names, stories and pictures of those close to them suffering under the current health care system to show the desperate need for a better payer plan . The vigil was part of 400 held . nationwide that were organized by members of the MoveOn.org political organization. Allen Lomax, a Sylva resident who helped to coordinate the event and is a Move On member, said at the vigil a health care payer plan must be wait, vigil REAL: Ready right away, cover Everyone, Accountable to the public and Large enough to contain costs. As the names and stories shared here today show, North Carolina cannot afford to wait for a real health care payer reform. Everyday that we wait to pass health care payer reform, more North Carolinians are denied life-saving medical treatment, dropped from pass the health care fever reform we need. as soon as they return to Washington. The longer we the more people suffer. Martha Yonce, a speaker at the from Franklin in Macon County, was one of ten people who shared their personal stories. ' Twas diagnosed with cancer in 2000 and my husband and I was told we had a good insurance program, but that year we had to pay $80,000 out of pocket and it almost bankrupt us, said Yonce. I felt that everyone in Jackson County should know. that even if they have insurance, The Summit is a non-denominational, non-charismatic church designed for Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry, and Outreach. We are a casual place where real people from all walks of life can come to cultivate relationships with God and each other. Our Pastor, Jim Dean, delivers compelling and positive messages that can easily be applied to our lives in todays world. Our worship team performs modem song selections that are entertaining and inspiring at the same time. You can leam more about God and yourself with our Small Group Program There are countless opportunities to volunteer in our community or participate in events that benefit the entire world. We hold numerous fellowship events where we can cultivate new fnendships and renew old ones. catastrophic ae -ean happen. Marsha Crites, a MoveOn member from Sylva, added There. is no substitute for a real public health insurance option, a real public health insurance option is the best way to cut skyrocketing health care costs, and no matter what happens with our health or. jobs, it will always be there for us. A demonstration in opposition Jim Muelle chair of the organization and a resident of Glenville in southern Jackson County said, What bothers me is when you have a nationwide healthcare system like the one in Canada, its overused. The healthcare program in the U.S. should be helping people that need it, dont fix ee thats not _ broke. (An in-depth look at health care systems being discussed in Congress will appear in the next editon of the Western Carolinian) the second vice . Wall of Fame! ON FRIDAYS - Eat 'Fite-in-the-Hole taco ot burrito & getyour picture on our Photo by Justin Caudell Joyce Foster, right, and Lucy Christopher participated in last weeks vigil.
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