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Bursar's Office

Student Health Insurance

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ requires that all registered, full-time students carry health insurance coverage, either through the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Health Insurance Plan, or through another plan which provides comparable coverage, including access to non-emergency medical and mental health care while in Saratoga Springs. 

Health insurance is not required to access care at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Health Services and the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Counseling Center, but is needed for all care and services off-campus. Students who do not carry adequate health insurance can face impossible decisions about delaying or deferring needed care or paying very high out-of-pocket costs which can substantially interfere with their ability to graduate. 

 

At the beginning of each academic year, students are automatically charged for the college-sponsored student health insurance plan (United Health Care). Students can request a student health insurance waiver by providing proof of comparable coverage. Once the waiver is approved the charge will then be removed.  If you do not submit a waiver by August 1st you will be enrolled in the plan with coverage starting September 1st.

 

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ 96% of waiver requests are approved, meaning that coverage is verified to be active and as meeting Â鶹Æƽâ°æ’s requirements. Plans that are not approved for waivers include:

-geographically limited HMO plans that do not cover non-emergency care in Saratoga Springs
travel insurance plans
-health care plans that only cover specific occurrences, such as accident or certain sicknesses
plans that are not based in the United States 
-health care sharing plans
 

Â鶹Æƽâ°æ's student health insurance plan is through United Health Care.

Coverage starts September 1, 2024 and ends August 31, 2025
Annual coverage estimated to be $2,928
If you are required by the College to arrive earlier than 9/1/2024 and need coverage to start earlier than 9/1, please contact the Bursar's Office.

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