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.
In order to ensure you can access care when you need it, complete the enrollment process at your earliest convenience. 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.
If you have proof of other comparable coverage, you may waive out of the plan. To review the waiver requirements and submit a waiver for the Student Health Insurance Plan, please click here.
If you do not meet the above requirements, your enrollment is optional as a voluntary student.
