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1. Protect students from advisors who want them to work 100 hour weeks. 2. Get dental insurance for the students. Almost no US graduate school offers this.
by cowsandmilk 5y ago
1. Protect students from advisors who want them to work 100 hour weeks.
2. Get dental insurance for the students. Almost no US graduate school offers this.
- selimthegrim 5y agoDental insurance is a scam.
- memish 5y agoBecause it pays out so little or what?
- xur17 5y agoYeah, basically. Most dental insurance I've seen has a "benefit maximum" [0], the maximum amount the plan will cover in a 12 month period, I've seen numbers from 1.5k to 3k for this. Since the coverage is capped, and capped so low, it's arguably not really "insurance", and isn't really protecting me. That said, to a graduate student, $3k can be a non-negligible amount of money, and the school is likely kicking in money to pay for the plan. In my position, if my company didn't subsidize the plan, I'd be happy to just go without. [0] https://deltadentalks.com/knowledge/what-is-an-annual-maximum https://deltadentalks.com/knowledge/what-is-an-annual-maximu...
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- leetcrew 5y agonot necessarily. most plans seem to be pretty bad at covering major work, but every plan I've had has paid out more for my two yearly cleanings than I pay in premiums, making it a no brainer.