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VOLUME 45, ISSUE 32

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

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SHIP Will Cover Birth Control

Students to Vote on Future of CLICS

By Natalie Covate Staff Writer

Students covered by the UC healthcare provider will no longer pay a co-pay for contraceptives by Fall 2012.

By Michael Chang Staff Writer

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irth control pill prescriptions will be covered by the UC system’s Student Health Insurance Plan at no additional cost by August 2012. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated Jan. 20 that most insurance plans must now cover contraceptive services for clients. “UC SHIP wants to be in compliance with the Affordable Care Act,” Director of Student Health Regina Fleming said. “The Affordable Care Act requires that contraceptives are available without a co-pay for patients.” While the ruling does not directly affect UC SHIP, the universities will adopt the policy. This would allow the plan to provide benefits similar to those found under a parent’s or private insurance’s policy.

“The goal for UC SHIP from the inception has been to keep it in compliance with the regulations of the mandates of the Affordable Care Act,” Fleming said. “We’re trying to phase in each of those requirements as the time frame comes up that it’s supposed to be in effect. It’s very, very unlikely that the executive committee would select not to provide a benefit that is mandated by the Affordable Care Act.” Female students at UC campuses will gain access to Federal Drug Administration-approved preventative and contraceptive measures. While SHIP currently covers prescriptions for birth control pills, it requires a co-pay of $15 per month for undergraduate students and $5 per month for graduate students to get generic brand pills from Student Health Services. Brand-name pills are more costly at $30 per

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month for undergraduate students and $25 per month for graduate students. For students that have waived the school’s insurance plan, the price could vary between $20 a month to $85 a month depending on the brand. A proposal of the benefits and premium rates for the 2012-13 academic year as well as the changes to SHIP must still be approved by the UC SHIP Executive Committee. The student health advisory committee of each UC school provides campus-specific input regarding the plan. This information is shared on the systemwide UC SHIP Advisory Committee through See SHIP, page 3

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Professor Receives $700K Grant By Nicole Chan Associate News Editor UCSD professor Sandra Daley received a grant of $742,222 this January from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Daley, former Assistant Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer, said that the grant will fund diversity programs held at the UCSD School S andra D aley of Medicine and other local organizations. “UC San Diego is committed to providing students of all backgrounds with the tools and resources they need to be successful in their educational endeavors,” Daley, professor of pediatrics and director of the

Comprehensive Research Center in Health Disparities, said in an email. “This grant supports our mission by funding programs conducted at UC San Diego, San Diego State University and the San Diego Border Area Health Education Center. These programs will help disadvantaged students in San Diego pursue their dreams of becoming doctors in the health sciences, nurses and other health professionals, and thereby ensure a strong and diverse healthcare workforce for our nation’s future.” Daley currently runs the Health Careers Opportunity Program/ San Diego Regional Consortium, a program designed to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds prepare for graduate and health professional schools. According to Daley, the HCOP/SDRC begins working with students while they are

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This month’s Special Election ballot will offer students the chance to have a say in the future of CLICS. One survey question, written by a group of students, will ask for the respondents input on how the former library should operate. The CLICS-specific question was created in response to the current renovation plan to put a 400-seat lecture hall in the middle of CLICS; this plan would limit study space around the building’s perimeter. Students will be able to tell A.S. Council how they want the space to be used. CLICS, previously a UCSD-operated library and study space, closed at the end of the 2010-11 academic year due to budget cuts. Students broke into the building Fall Quarter. Since then, it has been a studentoperated study space. “I would say [the resistance to the closure of the library] started when the announcement was made that CLICS was going to be shut down,” A.S. Vice President of External Affairs Samer Naji said. Initial construction plans for CLICS were released to students during a Town Hall meeting on Feb. 6. According to A.S. President Alyssa Wing, who is also Representative to the Building Advisory Committee for Galbraith Hall, the plan to build a large lecture hall in Galbraith Hall See CLICS, page 3

Biting the dust

in middle school to ensure their access to higher educational programs. According to a Jan. 31 campus press release, the UCSD School of Medicine program provides students in the San Diego Unified and Sweetwater School Districts and community college students from San Diego and Imperial Counties with access to mentoring programs, lab activities, workshops and hands-on research training. HCOP/SDRC is one of 14 programs in the nation to be awarded the grant. The grant, which was funded by the Health Resources Services Administration, will enable the continuation of these diversity programs that have so far helped over 1,500 local students. Readers can contact Nicole Chan at n3chan@ucsd.edu.

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The UCSD softball team lost to No. 15 Chico State in the conference opener, dropping 3-1 in the four-game series.

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