Nancy Montgomery of the Student Health Center brought up that it may be necessary to raise the student health fee to $16.
That's two dollars more.
The reason for this is because of the rise of costs for supplies. In comparison to going to an off-campus doctor, the Student Health Center is very inexpensive.
Is raising it by a couple dollars really a big deal though? Take advantage of the center once and you already made your money back. Get a $5 flu shot.
The real concern is if it the fee rises by a couple bucks, will that make the next raise easier in the future? If it raises two dollars annually, will students soon be paying $30 in 2012?
The state does have a law setting a bar on how much the school can charge for that fee so students have to worry about that much of an increase in the future.
Whatever the case is, this issue shouldn't cause too much of a problem. With two dollars, skip the double-bacon cheeseburger one day.
On a side note, after Montgomery's presentation to the ASCC Senate, I've been thinking about taking advantage of its $40 eye exams. I skipped my last eye exam because it was too expensive at the office.
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