Graduate Labor Union, Graduate Student Council discuss fee with Student Health administrators
Yesterday, members of two graduate students groups met with officials at Student Health to discuss a fee for certain students which they feel is unfair.
Currently, students who wish to receive treatment at the Elson Student Health Center but who are not registered in summer session classes must pay a $32/month fee to receive treatment. Students registered for summer classes pay a standard fee for services included in their tuition.
In a response to a letter expressing concern over this fee, Alison Montgomery, Student Health director for administration, said the funding included in tuition amounts to 95 percent of Student Health's budget.
Graduate Student Council President Ken Wilbur and Dustin Kidd, outgoing vice president of the Graduate Labor Union, met with Montgomery and Student Health Director James Turner to discuss the issue.
Though no permanent solution was reached, Kidd said he left feeling as though the meeting had addressed his concerns.
"I am very enthusiastic about the successes of the meeting," Kidd said, saying he hoped to see "a long term resolution that will avoid creating economic barriers between patients and their doctors."
Kidd said he is now drafting a letter to Pat Lampkin, Vice President for Student Affairs, requesting that she front a committee to address the issue.
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