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The increase will be shared between the mandatory University Health Services (UHS) fee and the optional student health insurance plan.
According to Director of UHS David S. Rosenthal ’59, the increases will help fund the year-old student prescription medication plan, pay for recent hires of mental health clinicians and offset the general rise in health care costs.
Melanie Green, who directs UHS finances, added that changes to the mental health program are partly responsible for the increases.
The mandatory UHS fee will increase by 12 percent, from $1,020 to $1,142 per year, while the optional Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) insurance plan will see an even greater hike, rising from $750 to $1,196 per year.
Harvard students are not engaging in responsible social behavior, Gross says. “We absolutely need to establish an alcohol program—the problem with alcohol here is gigantic,” he says. “It is illegal to drink here in Boston, but we can?...