Tag: Health Insurance

  • Ship Talk Episode 6: Mental Health & SHAC

    Ship Talk Episode 6: Mental Health & SHAC

    A new episode of our new podcast Ship Talk is out today! Special guests Marcy Hunt and Dana Tasson join us from SHAC, the Center for Student Health and Counseling at PSU. No matter their insurance, all students are welcome to visit SHAC – there is no office visit fee, and many services are provided…

  • You Don’t Know What You Got . . .

    You Don’t Know What You Got . . .

    By: Theo Burke As I graduate, besides memories and friends, I am leaving behind the awesome Portland State student health insurance. I’ve written about this before, now I’m experiencing the difference. Since I don’t know what job is coming down the pike or what kind of health insurance it might carry, I’ve applied for individual insurance…

  • America – SHUTDOWN

    There is no one reading this that has not heard that our U.S. Government is, “SHUTDOWN”. As of midnight on October 1, 2013, the U.S. Government went into shutdown mode because Congress could not agree on a budget for fiscal year 2014. It has occurred 17 times in the past, but this time it is…

  • PSU’s Mandatory Student Health Insurance or “The Agony and the Ecstasy”

    Q:  “I didn’t know we had to have health insurance and why is it mandatory?” A:  In short, it is the law of the land. Per the health care reform act recently passed by Congress and taking effect January 2014, all citizens will have some form of health insurance coverage. Portland State University must comply…