Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...March 20, the council approved a $10 hike in student term bills. The next day, a controversy began that would overshadow what some council members call the most productive year in council history...
...former council member launched a campaign to block the fee hike by calling for a student referendum on the issue...
Students rejected the fee hike in the second referendum, which was conducted by outside mediators. But council members said not enough students voted to bind council members to the outcome...
...upshot has been a furious explosion -- over age, not geography. Thirty- year-old males watched their premiums soar 170%, according to the Council for Affordable Health Insurance, while men aged 60 enjoyed a 45% cut. The rate hike for 30-year-old women was 82%, and women twice their age saw rates slashed by a quarter. Mutual of Omaha, the only insurer to continue extending coverage to New York individuals after the plan went into effect, watched with frustration as 43% of its customers dropped their health coverage and the average age of its clientele edged upwards from 41.5 years...
Heck, if run properly, a First-Year Grill may even turn a profit. Maybe then the council wouldn't need a fee hike quite so badly...