Student Health Insurance 2008-2009

Read about the mandatory Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP).

Health insurance is required for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students as a condition of enrollment.

All students paying full registration fees to UCSD are automatically enrolled into the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP)

SHIP offers:

• Coverage year-round and worldwide to registered UCSD students for a moderate premium and low annual deductible
• Premiums that are automatically assessed as part of registration fees each quarter

Note: If your insurance plan does not meet the university's minimum requirements, you are required to have SHIP.

Read information about SHIP and:

• Undergraduates
• Graduate and professional students
• Primary care
• Emergency services

• SHIP for undergraduates

  Cost:

  • $283 per quarter ($849 annually)
  Benefits of SHIP include:
  • Outpatient services
  • Emergency care
  • Hospitalization
  • Surgery
  • Radiology
  • Prescriptions
  • Dental
  • Vision discounts from Student Health Service Optometry Department

  If you have private health insurance that meets university requirements, you may qualify for a waiver of SHIP. See the Health Fee Waiver tool for details.

  For more information on the insurance, read about SHIP.

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• SHIP for graduate and professional students

  Cost:

  • $516 per quarter ($1,548 annually)

  Benefits of SHIP include:

  • Outpatient services
  • Emergency care
  • Hospitalization
  • Surgery
  • Radiology
  • Prescriptions
  • Dental
  • Vision discounts from Student Health Service Optometry Department

  If you have private health insurance that meets university requirements, you may qualify for a waiver of SHIP. See the Health Fee Waiver tool for details.

  For more information on the insurance, read about SHIP.

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• Primary care

  Primary care is provided by Student Health Service (SHS), a full-service accredited facility with onsite access to:

  • Board-certified physicians
  • Certified nurse practitioners
  • Laboratory services
  • X-ray services
  • Pharmacy
  • When you are within a 100-mile radius of SHS, you must start your health care at SHS.
  • When you are outside the 100-mile radius of SHS, you may access care where it is available. However, your plan year deductible will increase in the absence of a referral or an emergency.
  For more information on the insurance, read about SHIP.

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•   Emergency services

  You may access emergency care where it is available, regardless of location or distance from UCSD.

  • If you require follow-up care after an emergency room visit:
    • Within a 100-mile radius of UCSD, a written referral from an SHS provider is required.
    • Outside the 100-mile radius of UCSD, no written referral is necessary. However, your plan year deductible will increase in the absence of a referral.
    • A referral from an emergency room doctor is not a valid referral.
  For more information on the insurance, read about SHIP.

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