Following months of controversy, UC Berkeley announced that it will withdraw from the systemwide UC Student Health Insurance Plan in the fall. Read More…
Life or death should not depend on one’s ability to pay. The UC Student Health Insurance Plan Advisory Board understands this. In the face of mounting public pressure from students across the university as well as public officials like UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the board Read More…
Officials in charge of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan voted in support of lifting the plan’s coverage caps, one move in a series of steps before the final decision regarding the caps is made. Read More…
A bill that would forbid lifetime and annual limits on certain benefits of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan passed through a California State Assembly committee with bipartisan support. Read More…
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau joined a growing group of student leaders and politicians when he urged for the lifting of coverage caps from the UC Student Health Insurance Plan in a letter signed Wednesday. Read More…
Chancellor Robert Birgeneau called for the elimination of coverage caps in UC SHIP, in a letter dated Mar. 13. Read More…
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi responded to student concerns with the UC Student Health Insurance Plan Wednesday, urging UC President Mark Yudof to lift coverage caps and ensure easier access to preventive care. Read More…
According to a report released last month by the UC Berkeley department of economics, the top 1 percent of earners have made immense income gains while incomes of the bottom 99 percent have stagnated and declined. Read More…
The petition was initiated by UAW Local 2865 — a union representing UC student workers — on Jan. 16 calling for the UC to lift the $400,000 lifetime coverage cap and the annual $10,000 prescription drug cap from the UC SHIP in order to align the plan with the Affordable Care Act. Read More…
As the 2012 United States presidential election nears, the Obama administration is setting its sights on convincing young voters to return to the polls. Obama for America Senior Strategist David Axelrod said in a conference call Monday that the administration has been working to fund public universities and cut higher Read More…
