Student Health Benefit Plan messaging in MyU

Students who are admitted to a degree program and registered for six or more credits per semester are required to have health insurance (see full eligibility rules). If students do not complete a survey indicating that they already have health insurance, they are automatically enrolled in the student health benefit plan. The student health benefit plan costs $1116 a semester, and students have approximately three weeks after the first day of classes to waive this coverage before they are charged. Many students appeal the charge once they see it on their bill.

This spring, messaging about waiving the student health benefit plan was added to the My Finances tab of MyU. Responses to the student health benefits survey increased by 15%.

 

	Total eligible students	Total completed (waive or enroll)	Total waived	Total enrolled	Total pending (incomplete)	Overall completion percentage
Spring 2018	8214	5300	2746	2554	2914	65%
Spring 2019	7423	5924	3252	2672	1499	80%
Difference	-791	+624	+506	+118	-1415	+15%

Boynton Health will maintain this messaging and continue to present it through the My Finances tab in the future.