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	Student Health Services on the Morningside and Medical Center Campuses
	Student Health Service Fee and Medical Insurance

e-mail: health@columbia.edu

main web page: http://www.health.columbia.edu/

2009-10 Health Services and Health Insurance brochure

Health Services directory

Morningside Campus

Medical Center Campus

60 Haven Avenue, Tower 1, lobby level
212-305-3400; fax: 212-342-3955
http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/student/health/index.html.

Health Services at Columbia offers a comprehensive, accessible and cost-effective range of medical care and self-care options, individual and group counseling, health education, nutritional support, and extensive outreach on issues pertinent to the physical and emotional needs of students, with sensitivity to social and cultural concerns.

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Health Service Fee

The Health Service Fee is for services and programs provided directly by Health and Related Services. It is separate from the charge for Student Health (Medical) Insurance and is mandatory for all full-time students (including students who are registered for full-time Matriculation and Fees); students living in University housing; and part-time students who have elected to enroll in Columbia’s Student Medical Insurance Plan.

Part-time students who do not elect to enroll in Columbia’s Student Medical Insurance Plan may choose to enroll in Health Services only.

Part-time students who choose not to enroll in Health Services are eligible to receive Primary Care services for a fee of $60 per visit.

Spouses and partners of Columbia students are not eligible to enroll in the Health Service Program. In urgent situations, spouses and partners may receive care at Primary Care Medical Services for a $60 fee per visit. Health Services at Columbia is unable to provide services to dependent children.

Details of the Health Service Fee are posted on the Health Services website.

Please note that students enrolled in programs on the Morningside Campus and students enrolled in programs at the College of Physicians and Surgeons or the Mailman School of Public Health pay the health service fee and health insurance premiums in effect at their respective campus.

Insurance

All registered full-time students and students living in Columbia housing are automatically enrolled in the Basic level of the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan (offered through Aetna Student Health, a branch of Aetna Life Insurance Company) and are billed each term for the health insurance premium if no valid waiver request is submitted before September 30 for the fall term or February 1 for the spring term. 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.

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.

Students who enroll in the Columbia Student Medical Insurance Plan may also choose to make use of the optional insurance for eligible dependents. Funded graduate students who chose to enroll their dependents in the Dependent Plan are entitled to a scholarship that covers half of the cost for the Dependent Plan. Please contact the GSAS Financial Aid Office for further information about the scholarship. Please contact the Health Services Insurance office for further information regarding the dependent care plan.