Health Benefits

The Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP) is a comprehensive health insurance plan. Enrollment in GSHIP is mandatory for graduate, medical, and foreign students at UCSD. The health insurance premium is assessed and paid with registration fees. Spring GSHIP coverage continues automatically through the summer. Waiver of GSHIP enrollment requires approval of the SHS Insurance Representative after review of proof of existing comparable insurance. Waiver of GSHIP also waives GSLIP. Graduate students enrolled in GSHIP also enjoy the benefit of a 25% discount on any services provided by the SHS Optometry Clinic. This includes exams, glasses, lenses, sunglasses and sports eyewear.

A UCSD student paying full registration fees is entitled to use all the services of Student Health during each quarter for which he or she has been issued a valid student ID card. Since SHS is supported by a portion of the university registration fee, most health care services are available at no additional cost. Moderate fees are charged for certain services such as prescriptions and contraceptives, travel immunizations, dental and optometric care, and certain laboratory tests. A registered student may use SHS throughout the academic quarter as well as during breaks between academic sessions. During the summer, upon payment of a one-time summer fee health care is available to all continuing undergraduates, graduates and medical students who paid the previous spring quarter registration fee and are enrolled for fall quarter.

Additional information on Student Health Insurance can be found on UCSD's web site: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/shs/insurance.html