Enrollment Management & Student Affairs

Academic Affairs Division

Eligibility and Minimum Requirements

The เหล๖สำฦต requires all students in the above categories to have reasonable, comparable, creditable coverage to the current system-wide student health insurance plan provided. The following minimum benefits must be included in your plan to be considered for a waiver and final determination is made at each institutionโ€”per individual institution standards.

  • International Students in the F-1 and J-1 student or scholar statuses must have a minimum of the following benefits:
  • Both accident and sickness coverage
  • Minimum benefit $250,000 per policy year**
  • A deductible of $500 or less and/or co-pay per individual, per year*
  • In-patient and outpatient, mental and nervous disorder benefits
  • Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Pay benefits worldwide
  • Medical evacuation to oneโ€™s home country and family reunification of not less than $50,000*
  • Provision for repatriation of remains of not less than $25,000*
  • All Georgia mandated requirements+

*Federal Standards required for International Students

Domestic Students must have a minimum of the following benefits:

  • Both accident and sickness coverage
  • Minimum benefit $500,000 per policy year**
  • Coverage for all pre-existing conditions
  • Reasonable deductible ($3,250 or less) and/or co-pay per individual, per year
  • In-patient and outpatient, mental and nervous disorder benefits
  • Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Pay benefits worldwide
  • All Georgia mandated requirements+

**To meet Federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements your health plan should have no annual benefit limits. (These requirements are based on the federally mandated requirements of the ACA.)

+Georgia mandates coverage for the following benefits to be paid as any other Sickness:

Mammography, PAP Smears, Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Tests, Chlamydia Screening, Mastectomy, Bone Mass Measurement, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Dental Anesthesia, Diabetes, Surveillance Tests for Ovarian Cancer, Telemedicine, Drug Treatment of Childrenโ€™s Cancer, Bone Marrow Transplants, Postpartum Care, and Mental Illness