“State Board Of Ed Rejects Changes To College Student Health Insurance Mandate”

A proposal to amend the state Board of Education’s policy regarding required health insurance for state university students failed today, when a motion to approve it for a first reading failed to even get a second. The changes would have included lifting a requirement that state universities offer insurance to students, and lifting a requirement that students obtaining their own insurance get policies at least equal to school-offered plans.

Boise State University argued that 85 percent of its students obtain insurance elsewhere, a number that’s been rising, and with climbing premiums, it’s becoming too expensive for the school to be in the insurance business.

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