Monday, June 19, 2006
UF would offer free health insurance to some of its graduate students near January, university President Bernie Machen announced Friday.
Other graduate students would be eligible for health care at an abridged rate, including those with spouses, children or domestic partners.
At Friday's Board of Trustees meeting, Machen expose the GatorGradCare insurance plan that he expects would lure more talented students to the university.
"It's a huge effort, and I think the University of Florida will be in a great spot next year as we go out and recruit new graduate students using this plan," Machen said trustees.
Though not all of UF's graduate students would qualify for the package, about 4,500 are qualified, as well as the universities research and graduate assistants.
"We anticipate virtually all to enroll," said Kyle Cavanaugh, UF's vice president for human relations and one of the plan's key organizers.
The total package is predictable to cost between $6 million and $7 million per year, he added.
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