All registered full-time students (see
definition of full-time in Section
VI in GSAS Rules and Regulations) and
students living in Columbia housing are automatically enrolled in the Basic
level of the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan (offered through
Chickering Benefit Planning Insurance Agency) and are billed each term for the
health insurance premium if no valid waiver request is submitted. Please note that such students must also
confirm their specific insurance selection every year by actively enrolling in
the Basic or Comprehensive level of the Plan or by requesting a waiver of
automatic enrollment in the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan and
demonstrating coverage under another comparable policy. For further information on medical insurance
see http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/csmip/enrollment/.
Part-time students may choose to enroll in the Columbia Student
Medical Insurance Plan, but any student enrolled in Columbia’s
Student Medical Insurance Plan must also pay the Health Service Fee for use of Columbia’s Health Services
(see above). Part-time students who
have been insured under the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan in previous
years and wish to enroll again must re-enroll by September 30 in order to avoid
a break in coverage for conditions that existed in the prior policy years. For further information on medical insurance
see http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/csmip/enrollment/.
See also Section V.I in this Handbook for a
description of services; the main Web page of Health services may be found at http://www.health.columbia.edu/.
