Name: Kenny
Blog posting number 4
Topic: Politic
Title of Article:Florida Catholic School considers dropping student health plan, on heels of Ohio
Author: Judson Beger
Publication Date: May 14, 2012
Length of Article: 539 words

Ohio school's decision to abandon its student health insurance plan. Another Catholic university in Florida is considering whether to follow the plan. The school is having both moral and economic concerns. University officials plan to meet Monday to discuss their insurance options and potentially make a decision. The expected amount of money of insurance is increasing. The first stage is at least 100,000. Towey said that lots of students are covered by their parents' plans but not all. " Parents who don't have a health plan-- then these students are out there" Towey has sued Obama administration over the contraception mandate.Towy said his school finds the mandate "repugnant" but he expressed economic concerns regarding the expected premium increase. He said school should drop the student insurance plan.
Not only in Ohio, but also many schools have the problem of dropping student health insurance. Every schools is low on their budget to provide health care. But there are still a lot of schools think they should keep health insurance. Nick Alexopulous, spokesman with Loyola University Maryland, said " we are not considering dropping our student health insurance plan." Sooner of later, this is going to a problem to every schools. Recently, colleges have raise the tuition. We need to be aware of this situation.