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The University requires all students to have health care coverage to ensure they have access to medical care and can maintain good health, which is essential for academic success.
All students who are:
1) admitted to a degree program; and
2) registered for six or more credits per semester that count towards the automatic assessment of the Student Services Fee;
are required by the University of Minnesota to have health insurance coverage.
The charge for the University-sponsored Student Health Benefit Plan will be added to your tuition bill. However, if you can demonstrate that you have other health insurance coverage that meets the University's waiver criteria, you may apply for a waiver of coverage for two years. If your waiver is approved, the Student Health Benefit Plan will be removed from your tuition bill. If you do not apply to waive coverage by the stated deadline, or your request for a waiver is denied, the Student Health Benefit Plan will remain on your tuition bill and you will automatically be enrolled in the Plan for the semester.
Beginning fall semester 2012, the University of Minnesota will strengthen the health insurance requirement for all affected University students. For fall semester 2012, the Office of Student Health Benefits (OSHB) will ensure this requirement is met by verifying the health plan coverage information students submit during the class registration process.
International, Academic Health Center, and Learning Abroad students have different enrollment requirements. Please visit www.shb.umn.edu for more information.
Health Plan Registration Process
Waiver Criteria
Waiver Process
Frequently Asked Questions
Office of Student Health Benefits
University of Minnesota
410 Church Street S.E., N323
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-0627 or 1-800-232-9017
Fax: (612) 626-5183 or 1-800-624-9881
Email: umshbo@umn.edu
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