Why do Emory students need health insurance, when we can be seen for free at Student Health Services?
Yes, visits to Student Health Services are free, but thinking that this is enough is a common and dangerous misconception. While Emory Student Health Services provides excellent out-patient care for enrolled Emory students, EUSHS provides only out-patient primary care, short-term (but not long-term) counseling and psychiatry services. If and when Emory students need specialist care, emergency services or hospitalization, the bills can run quickly into the tens of thousands of dollars. Such unexpected expenses can derail, or even end, a promising academic career.
