Student Perspective

I am currently a junior at UW-Eau Claire. My experiences with outpatient care have been fairly good. My mom works for the Eau Claire school district and my dad works for the city, so both of my parents have pretty good health care coverage. Whenever I'm not feeling well, I simply set up an appointment with Urgent Care and get in pretty quickly.

I do wonder what changes will occur when the new health care reform takes place. I, personally, haven't been responsible for "paying" the bills, but I wonder if access will be limited with more patients in the system. I believe the new reform also permits children to remain on parents' insurance until they are 26 years of age. With the economy and how difficult it is to find a job now, I feel this is a benefit, not just to me but other students as well.

-SophieA.