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...think it’s fundamentally wrong to penalize students for changing their minds,” he said. “If there’s a processing fee, students should pay the processing fee, but if it’s a fine, I think it’s wrong...
...course, the service isn’t free. The student health fee for Harvard students is a non-negligible $571 each semester. But for that one up-front cost, every student can have their colds, flus and mangled ankles examined by some of Boston’s best. This fee may seem high—to many students, $571 is the result of 50 hours of hard labor. At Brown University, students pay only $255 a semester for similar services. But notedly, those students who cannot afford the fee do not actually pay for it. The cost of the student...
...inclusion of this fee in the calculation of costs and subsequent financial aid is important—it indicates the University’s understanding that health services, like access to top-rate academic instruction, must be equally available to students from all economic backgrounds. Harvard, like our nation’s other leading schools, does its students a great service by including this fee in its student financial aid package...
...tortured and intemperate. Some of the gripes are legitimate--the proposed drug benefit is complicated and in many cases insufficient. But Ted Kennedy voted for that benefit last summer. The sticking points now involve matters of Democratic Party theology, and they require a brief explanation. Medicare currently is a fee-for-service program, which means it works the way old-fashioned medicine did--essentially, you get whatever services you request. This is fabulously expensive and bound to grow more so as the baby boomers retire. Most Republicans and many moderate Democrats want to restrain costs by moving toward a system...
...radios communicate directly with each other, as opposed to bouncing signals off cellular towers, they can be used in remote or outdoor areas where it's impossible to place a cell-phone call. They're especially good in emergencies when cellular lines might be jammed. With no monthly fee, they offer a cheap way to keep tabs on the family, whether you're hiking or wandering around a mall...