How Do You Get Student Health Insurance?
When you think about a college, health insurance might not be one of the first things on your mind, but it’s becoming more and more important to make sure you have access to benefits as a student. Students are a special group of individuals who qualify for insurance based on the fact that enrollment makes it hard for them to hold full-time jobs that would provide benefits. In today’s very stratified, employment-based health insurance system, students are among the many millions of Americans who fall through the cracks and are uninsured. Ask for all applicable information even before the admissions process. Knowing about your university’s health plans before you start gives you time to plan your acquisition of benefits–and you may need that time to apply, to scrape premium funds together or to attend to other qualifying details. Don’t miss enrollment windows. Knowing the enrollment window for your plan is key. If you miss it, you may become totally ineligible for benefits for an entire
