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You've compared tuition. Reviewed on-campus housing costs. Even digested student meal plan prices.

But have you thought about how much your son’s or daughter’s dream school will charge for health coverage? You might be in for a shock.

Many colleges require students to have health insurance coverage, and the college option can be costly. In addition, some schools mandate that students pay a fee to cover health services on campus.

Many colleges require students to have health insurance coverage and pay a fee to cover health services on campus. Schools say they need the student health fee to cover public health services and the growing need for mental health care.

Early in his first quarter at the University of California-Davis, Ryan Manriquez realized he needed help. A combination of pressures — avoiding COVID-19, enduring a breakup, dealing with a disability, trying to keep up with a tough slate of classes — hit him hard. “I felt the impact right away,” said Manriquez, 21. After learning […]

California hospitals are overwhelmed as respiratory syncytial virus cases continue to rise nationwide.

Many college campuses are seeing a dramatic rise in the need for mental health services, and many institutions cannot keep pace with the demand or the salaries it takes to hire them.

The Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board suggested the changes.

It takes a lot of skill, organization and compassion to make more than 9,000 people feel like a family. But the leadership and team at USI Insurance

Measures include codifying reproductive rights into the California constitution.