2025-02-23T21:44:54Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/the-cost-of-college-then-and-nowComments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/the-cost-of-college-then-and-nowtag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1629/5258Comment #52582025-02-23T21:44:54ZSursumCorda<p>Sounds great, doesn't it? The important thing to note, however, is the check mark next to "Covered by other insurance." This was just supplemental insurance; I was covered for anything major by my father's insurance until I was 21—or 23 if I were still in college at that point. I'm not certain, but I believe the supplemental insurance covered things like visits to the University Health Service for minor services, like flushing out my eye when I splashed potassium dichromate in it in chem lab.</p>
<p>Also, in those days, at least in the U.S., "health insurance" was a very different thing from what it is expected to be today. It really was <em>insurance</em>, meant to cover major expenses that couldn't be budgeted for: the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, not the buffeting of normal life.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1629/5257Comment #52572025-02-23T21:31:43ZStephan<p>The health insurance seems particularly striking. $28 a year would be about $230 in today’s dollars—less than what I pay per month.</p>