Medical Insurance

The University will pay for individual participation in the University basic student health plan for GRS students who are teaching fellows, research assistants, graduate trainees, and recipients of certain University Fellowships.

The program works in the following way: the full-year insurance charge appears on your account at the start of the fall semester. However, credits to pay the insurance are split: half is paid in the fall and half in the spring. This means you will carry a balance on your account in the fall semester until the spring half of the credit is posted. The flexibility of our student accounting system can mitigate the resulting potential strain, in that it allows you to carry a balance of up to $1,000.

Student Account Balances

If a full-time student has an unpaid balance due of less than $1,000 on his or her account for the current academic year, then our accounting system will consider that the student has sufficiently settled the account for the current semester and the student will be able to register for classes. A bill will be sent to the student for the balance, but no late fees will be assessed. This accounting practice enables a student to spread payment for health coverage over the academic year rather than paying the full amount at the beginning of the year.

This practice applies only for full-time students, and the unpaid balance from all charges (including health insurance charges, tuition charges, fees, library fines, etc.) must be less than $1,000. You must fully pay the balance due in order to graduate, and you must also fully pay the balance from the preceding academic year in order to receive a financial aid award at the beginning of a new academic year.