The University requires that all full-time students carry adequate medical insurance while attending Tulane University. If the student will remain on your major medical insurance policy as a dependent, it is imperative that you review the plan’s benefits when your dependent is living away from home. Some dependents are only covered as an out-of-network service and some not at all if your insurer is an HMO such as Kaiser-Permanente. Plans underwritten by Blue Cross-Blue Shield will not cover the costs of any services performed at the Student Health Center.  As a result, the student will be required to take the SHC script for Lab or Pharmacy work to an off-campus Blue Cross Provider.  Please Note:  The Student Health Center does not charge full-time students for physician services.

Each year, full-time students must either enroll in the University sponsored Student Medical Insurance Plan, or waive enrollment by completing the on-line waiver form. The online waiver form must be completed each year during the Fall semester unless the student enrolls as a new student during the Spring Semester.

Failure to complete the on-line waiver form will result in the student's automatic enrollment in the Student Medical Insurance Plan and the premium charged to the student's Accounts Receivable. Premium Charges cannot be removed after September 22, 2008. Part-time, dissertation, executive program students and previously enrolled dependents are not automatically enrolled.