<p>Do Yale students fill their prescriptions at DUH?
What pharmacies are the closest to the campus?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about prescriptions that were made off campus, but scrips made at DUH are filled there. I now know where the pharmacies are. They are near George St. There is one in a medical building on Temple and George (I think it’s George) and there is a Walgreens about two blocks from there on Crown and another one the other direction several blocks. I can attest that the pharmacist at the one in the medical building was incredibly helpful to me when I got sick during BDD. That building also has a lot of doctors if you are keeping your S/D on your insurance.</p>
<p>Wildwood…our student had a laptop, as did the roommate…left in room all the time. No locks used.</p>
<p>Performersmom…If you use google earth and look around from the Old Campus Dorms, you can see the pharmacies etc in the area. Very walkable. </p>
<p>Our student had prescriptions filled with DUH.</p>
<p>I think the main problem with laptop locks is that the kids don’t use them because they’re too much of a hassle.</p>
<p>Thanks fogfog and entomom</p>
<p>Quick note on prescriptions: The Yale Pharmacy is a dispensary for the Student Health Center, but it does not process prescriptions from private insurance companies. </p>
<p>My son was a freshman last year. We waived the Student Health Benefits, which includes prescriptions, because we are covered under MEDCO. My son had strep, went to the student health center and they gave him a script for an antibiotic. He – not knowing --took it to the “pharmacy” that is located at Yale Student Health and they filled the prescription, but the charge was added to his term bill. When I called and asked them to reprocess the claim using MEDCO, the Yale pharmacy said they could not – as they were not a traditional pharmacy, but a courtesy dispensary for the Yale Student Health Center. We were told that there was a Walgreens pharmacy two blocks away that accepts MEDCO insurance – which is where he will go next year if a prescription is needed.</p>
<p>See: <a href=“Google Maps”>Google Maps;
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Same here. A good accuse was “I can lock the door to my room.” He had a single that year.</p>
<p>I think it’s a hoot that Yale Health is still widely referred to as “DUH.” It hasn’t been officially called that for over 30 years.</p>
<p>Actually they changed their name over 40 years ago.</p>
<p>When DD was at Yale, we waived out of insurance. She did get some scrips filled and it was so cheap – ten dollars or so for an antibiotic – that it would not have made a difference if she went to Walgreens in terms of what her copay would have been. So sometimes it’s worth asking what it would cost to fill on campus. For some drugs it might not matter that much, for others it might.</p>
<p>Hello parents. So happy to be among you, and thanks for all the words of advice on this forum.
Getting ready to send HoorayKid as a freshman this fall. I have been reading the posts on health service/insurance with interest. Our insurance premium will stay at the same staggeringly painful rate whether we keep HoorayKid on our plan or not, so it makes sense to keep that. The only question is whether to waive Yale’s insurance.
I understand that one of the issues to consider is where student will get meds, as described by gibby amd mimk above. What are other considerations? I’m a bit confused. When your kid gets sick, does s/he go to Yale Health services? A local doctor? We also live close enough that coming to the home area isn’t out of the question.
What questions should I be asking my health insurance carrier about coverage at Yale (we are out of state)?
What benefits does my kid lose if we waive the Yale coverage?
Thanks so much.</p>
<p>Download the 2012-2013 student health handbook, which explains the coverage: [Understand</a> Your Coverage | YaleHealth](<a href=“http://yalehealth.yale.edu/understand-your-coverage]Understand”>Student Coverage | Yale Health)</p>
<p>Every enrolled Yale student has access to the student Health Center under the basic Health Plan. If they get sick or need to see a doctor, they can see any number of specialists, for free.</p>
<p>The ‘optional’ coverage, which you are billed for if you do not waive, is for hospitalization and prescription coverage. If your student is covered under your family’s hospitalization and prescription coverage, Yale’s plan is duplicative and becomes secondary coverage.</p>
<p>Welcome and Congratulations Hooray Hooray, don’t know about Yale Health and not even sure if we waived it (need to ask my husband). Just wanted to welcome you and to let you know that Hooraykid is gonna LOVE Yale!</p>
<p>The “optional” coverage also includes specialty care. Mainly primary care (see the handbook or my previous post for what departments are included), lab, and infirmary services are covered under Yale Basic. However since YNHH is a referral center, there are plenty of excellent specialists around, and as I mentioned in a previous post, the hospital has a multispecialty practice called Yale Medical Group, in which you can find highly competent specialists in most fields. (You can search for specialists on the Yale Medical Group website.) You just want to know what your own insurance covers in the event that your child needs more than routine care – while many students are successful in avoiding doctor visits altogether during 4 years of school, some students develop real medical problems every year.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, gibby and CIEE83, for the link and info. I am investigating now.</p>
<p>And thanks for your warm welcome, EAO1227. I’m happy to say that your nice comment seems typical of the good will, happiness, and school spirit that seem to be everywhere at Yale.</p>
<p>Hi Everyone! So excited to be joining this forum and learning so much about Yale. My D will be an incoming freshman this fall, and we are so grateful for all of the support and information. We have a lot of very specific financial aid questions and were wondering if any of you worked with anyone who was especially helpful in the FA office. Feel free to PM me. Thank you!</p>
<p>No one special to recommend, but I always had good luck talking to people in the FA office, they were helpful and knowledgeable.</p>
<p>No one specific.
We have had to ask specific questions and best advice–keep a paper trail…
You can call the FinAid office and ask to speak to whomever did your fin-aid package. It can be worth doing–especially if you think they made and error in assigning assest etc. We found an error, which they did correct. Though our student’s aid was significantly less than what the recently posted calculator estimates.
Some of the FAQs are in the online brochures.
Things like how an outside scholarship will first be applied to the student responsibility and then will reduce any grant $ etc. Yale doesn’t stack outside scholarships on top of grant money …and they won’t apply outside scholarships to the parent portion. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>So I just realized that Yale has a fall break in addition to a week Thanksgiving break. This was not the case when my daughter was there (08) and I’m at a loss as what we’re supposed to do. If I go out there for Parents Weekend, it seems silly for him to come home ten days later. If I don’t go out, he could come but then it seems pricey to fly him home for Thanksgiving. So it seems like he should probably not come home on fall break. I’m wondering what most West Coast kids do on the fall break. Do the residences close down?</p>
<p>All freshman dorms and colleges remain open for the Thanksgiving break, however the dining halls are closed. Many kids, who don’t want to fly home, stay on campus or stay with a friend who live relatively close by (New York, Boston, DC etc).</p>