Uni student and medical costs?

justaquestion

Hi there,

Our daughter is entitled to full uni loans and other fees are we take in well under £21k a year.

She filled in a hc2 form I think for help with health costs and it turns out she is only eligable for partial help has to pay £70 for dental costs etc £50 for glasses.

Has anyone else in a similar positition with a child at uni got the student to apply for medical costs help and what was the outcome of this?

thanks very much for any advice.

justin

mamabuddah

I thought it was an HC1 form?.... for useful information, have a look here

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk

donnac2558

You get the HC1 if entitled to free dental and glasses. Otherwise its HC2 where you have to pay towards these.

lpoolt

I filled in the form for help with medical costs first time I was at uni and working part time and it was pitiful what they were giving me in terms of help, I binned it.

Back to do a masters this year and applied all over again but same thing, something like they would help me for anything over £250 per dentist treatment. A bit of a joke considering the most I've ever paid at a dentist is £70, and second my friend in a dentist says there is a limit that NHS patients can be charged anyway no matter what their treatment costs (£300/£350 I think she mentioned).

It was also a stupid amount for eye tests as well, something like anything over £70 they would pay - sure an eye test is only about £20 anyway!

As usual, the catch-22 benefit system means I would get these things paid for me if I was on the dole rather than working!