When comparing health insurance plans, there are things to consider:

• You may have been a dependent on your parents’ health insurance plan and the plan may have an age limit – 18 or 23 years old – and you are no longer qualified for their health insurance coverage.
• Your school has chosen Aetna Student Health because it is a leader in student insurance and customized and flexible to fit your needs as a student.
• Your school requires you to have health insurance, so you must choose a health insurance carrier.
• Without health insurance, the cost of an accident or illness may affect your ability to pay for school or classes.
• You may want to take advantage of this health insurance with its health and wellness discounts and an expansive network of doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and specialists providers.

Full-Time Students: Click here to Waive the Student Health Insurance Plan

Medical Enroll Options
All registered students taking two or more credit hours are automatically billed for the Student Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan at registration and the premium is added to their tuition billing until proof of comparable coverage is furnished.

However, the Student Accident and Sickness Plan is optional for students who are taking fewer than half-time credit hours. Part-time and dissertation students who are enrolled in a degree-granting program or who are maintaining matriculation can enroll on a voluntary basis. If you wish to enroll in the Voluntary Undergraduate Medical Plan or the Voluntary Graduate Medical Plan, you may do so by clicking here.

Please Note: Students enrolling online voluntarily will be charged a separate Student Health Service Fee by Tufts University.

Catastrophic Plan
An Optional Supplemental Major Medical Plan is available to students and their dependents. If you purchase this Supplemental Plan and incur Covered Medical Expenses as the result of an accident or sickness beyond $100,000 (the Plan maximum of Tufts University Student Accident and Sickness Plan, the Company will pay 100% the Reasonable Charge allowance incurred up to a combined maximum (of the Basic and Supplemental Plans) of $250,000 per Policy Year.

Please Note: You must purchase the Basic Student Accident and Sickness Plan in order to be eligible to purchase the Optional Supplemental Major Medical Insurance Plan. Enrollment in the Optional Supplemental Major Medical Plan must take place the same time as enrollment under the Basic Student Accident and Sickness Plan. If you wish to enroll on the Supplemental Plan, you may do so by clicking here.

Dependents
Covered students may also enroll their lawful spouse/same sex domestic partner, and unmarried dependent children under age 19 (or age 23 if in school), who reside with and are fully supported by the covered student. Insured students can enroll their dependents. If you wish to enroll your dependents, you may do so by clicking here.

For annual enrollment, the deadline is September 30, 2009.

For Spring enrollment, the deadline is February 28, 2010.

Dependent enrollment requests will not be accepted after the deadline dates unless there is a significant life change that directly affects the dependent’s coverage. An example of a significant life change would be loss of health coverage under another plan, marriage, etc.