University Health Insurance Requirement
Comprehensive Health Insurance is required for ALL Full-time students1,2,3 and must include the following:
- National Coverage for inpatient and outpatient medical care. (Emergency only coverage does not satisfy this requirement).
- National Coverage for inpatient and outpatient mental health care. (Emergency only coverage does not satisfy this requirement).
- Coverage is currently active and maintained for the entire school year, including over breaks and during the summer.
- Offers an unlimited lifetime maximum.
- 1
Full-time student status is defined as 12 credits/semester for undergraduate students and 8 credits/semester for graduate students
- 2
All nursing students are required to have comprehensive insurance regardless of student status
- 3
All international students are enrolled in Creighton's insurance regardless of student status. Students who will be studying outside of the United States are required to maintain US based health insurance
Creighton University Student Health Insurance Plan
- New and returning students are auto-enrolled in the University student health insurance plan.
- If a student already has a comprehensive insurance plan, they must waive the coverage through the waiver site. International students (on an F-1 or J-1 visa) are not eligible to waive the health insurance coverage.
- The online waiver process begins in mid-July and continues through the deadline in late early September. This information is required on an annual basis.
- The premium for the University-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan will remain on the student’s account unless the waiver process is completed before the deadline.
- When the Student Health Education and Compliance Office becomes aware of a lapse in the student’s insurance coverage, the student will be automatically enrolled in the University student health insurance plan and the tuition statement will reflect a charge for the entire premium.