Affordable health care found on campus $11 fee gives access to inexpensive services including immunization and u shots

Todd Rosenblatt Roundup Reporter

Affordable health care can be difficult for some students to attain, but there is a potential fix here on campus. There is an $11 fee that Pierce College students pay each semester. This fee, which is the same at all of the nine colleges in the district, grants access to the Student Health Center.

Beth Benne, director of the Student Health Center, promotes the center’s services to anyone that will listen.

“I look at the health fee as an access fee, to health professionals,” Benne said.

A low-cost flu vaccination is one service that the fee provides students.

During a meeting on Sept. 23, Benne informed the Academic Senate of the arrival of the flu vaccines and asked the members to encourage their students to contact the Health Center for the $10 shot.

“Everyone older than 6 months is recommended for flu vaccination with rare exception,” the Centers for Disease Control’s website states.

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