Students wishing to opt out of the mandatory health insurance must have private insurance that meets the following requirements:
1. Must include outpatient benefits
2. Deductible and coinsurance/co-payment maximum
is no more that $3,000 for combined deductible
and co-payment/co-insurance maximum for in-
network, no-capped benefits.
3. Maximum lifetime benefit must be at least
$100,000; (Graduate Students; benefit must be
$250,000)
4. Waiting period for covering pre-existing conditions
must be no more than two years, if pre-existing
conditions are not currently covered.
Additional requirements for J1 visa holder:
- Benefit for medical evacuation to home country must
be at least $10,000
- Benefit for repatriation of remains must be at least
$7,500
Student Insurance Waiver