Word on the street

Are you covered by health insurance?

“My dad works for Ford and I am covered by his HAP (Health Alliance Plan of Michigan) health insurance. Actually, my coverage runs out when I graduate because my parents can still claim me as a student.”

Steve Welsh

psychology senior

“I am covered by (UnitedHealthcare) insurance and I have no idea when it ends.”

D.J. Russell

nursing and psychology senior

“I am covered by health insurance through my parents and the coverage is Blue Cross Blue Shield and I don’t really know much about it to be honest with you.”

Greg Fedewa

international relations sophomore

“I know I’m covered through Blue Cross Blue Shield and I know it’s just a basic coverage so it covers like doctor’s appointments and stuff like that with small co-pays.”

Allison Woodside

education sophomore

“I am covered as a graduate student by my assistantship by Aetna. It runs out at the end of the school year, and then as long as you have another assistantship, it re-applies at the beginning of the next school year.”

Christopher Covington

telecommunication, information studies and media graduate student

“I am covered by health insurance. It’s the Student Health Insurance plan through the Employees Union. It just covers me. I don’t have any dependents or a spouse and it applies for my entire year of my graduate assistantship.”

Leigh-Ann Goins

sociology graduate student