USC Hard Waiver Mandatory Students
To comply with USC’s insurance requirement students who meet the criteria below are required to enroll in the University’s Student Health Insurance Plan unless proof of comparable coverage is provided by the waiver deadline:
- All Undergraduate students enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours;
- All Graduate students enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours;
- All Graduate students with assistantships regardless of credit hours;
- USC School of Medicine students enrolled in one (1) or more credit hours; and
- All International students enrolled in one (1) or more credit hours.
If you do not actively enroll or have an approved waiver, you will be automatically enrolled; however your coverage will not be activated with Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina until after the waiver deadline. This will affect your ability to access benefits such as pharmacy and emergency care. In order to ensure you can access care when you need it, complete the enrollment process at your earliest convenience.
If you have proof of other comparable coverage, you may waive out of the plan. To waive out of the Student Health Insurance Plan please click here.
EPI
All EPI students enrolled in one (1) or more credit hours are considered eligible and are required to provide proof of health insurance.
Voluntary Students/Satellite Campuses
Students that do not meet the requirements above for Mandatory Health insurance, can still enroll in the Student health plan on a Voluntary basis.
Additionally, all students attending USC Aiken, USC Beaufort, USC Upstate, USC Lancaster, USC Salkehatchie, USC Sumter, and USC Union who meet the following criteria are considered eligible:
- enrolled in a degree seeking program; and
- enrolled in six (6) or more credit hours.
