The Cadre + 24 March 1998 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LETTERS. TO° THE. EDITOR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor: 
     
    
   
   
    
     I am responding to the article that appeared in the March 10 issue of The Cadre entitled 
     
     “SU violates BOG health by-law.” As the student health plan administrator, | feel the article is 
     
     misleading. First, 1 well address Carrie MacDonald’s comment that “Dental insurance should 
     
     have been covered in my health plan...a lot of other universities cover dental and I don’t see why 
     
     ours should not.” UPEI’s student health plan is underwritten by Student Benefit Trust 
     
     Administrators (SBTA), a company dealing exclusively with student health insurance plans. 
     
     SBTA administers sixteen student health plans across Canada, only four of which offer dental 
     
     coverage. The Student Union, in choosing a health plan, must consider the needs and wishes 
     
    
   
   
    
     of students as well s follow UPEI’s by-laws. The UPEI Calendar 1996-1998 states “The student |) 
     
    
   
   
    
     medical plan is a supplement to the Prince Edward Island Medicare plan and covers the student 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Canadian and foreign) for certain benefits, not otherwise provided by Medicare [emphasis 
     
    
   
   
    
     mine]” (304). The statement that our health plan is in violation of the BOG by-law because it 
     
     does not also include dental coverage is false. The prescription drug pay-direct card is one of 
     
     several examples of our student health plan supplying a benefit not covered by Medicare. Four 
     
     years ago, Student Council surveyed students regarding the addition of dental benefits; the 
     
     survey result was that students did not wish to pay the larger premium for dental coverage--a 
     
     premium that was approximately three times the cost of the present health plan's. The Student 
     
     Union evaluates annually the effectiveness of its plan and the possibility of adding or deleting 
     
     benefits in the best interests of UPEI students. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sincerely, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dianne Stevenson 
     
     Student Union Administrative Assistant 
     
    
   
   
    
     To the Staff of The Cadre: 
     
    
   
   
    
     I am writing in order to clarify my Letter to the Editor, which was printed in this week’s 
     
     issue of The Cadre. I realize now (and I freely admit, a little too late), that | overgeneralized in 
     
     my numerous critiques of The Cadre and its staff. I’m sure that I probably gave the impression 
     
     that I believed all of the articles published in The Cadre were poorly written, and that all of the 
     
     writers for the Cadre were “preschoolers with impressive vocabularies”. This is definitely not 
     
     the case. Overall, the calibre of writing published in The Cadre is excellent. Many writers, 
     
     including Todd MacLean, Rob Maclsaac, and Eryn Fagan, submit articles which are well 
     
     researched, and very well written, on a regular basis. But there are also articles which are very 
     
     poorly written, such as those mentioned in my letter. My main concern, was the obvious lack 
     
     of editing of those articles which so sorely needed it, including the editorial itself. I did not mean 
     
     to denounce and defame the entire Cadre staff. So to those who | unintentionally stereotyped 
     
     and offended, I sincerely apologize! As for the overall Editor of the paper, I would really like 
     
     to help you. If you would like to offer me a portion of your salary, 1 would be glad to assist you 
     
     in editing future issues of The Cadre. | hope this letter was a little more constructive than my 
     
     last. 
     
    

    
     Sincerely, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Neil Barry 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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