students health insurance

Awesome question! I'll be in the same boat. I don't plan on trying to get into the program for two years yet, as I'm working on pre-reqs while I'm working full time. But once in the program, I was going to become a full time student... except for that interesting little "must have health insurance" crap. I'm a single mom. My kids are covered by their Dad's insurance, but once I'm a full time student, I have no idea how I'm going to get health coverage in order to go to nursing school.

Talk about an elitist clause. It should be illegal in my opinion, as it's classist. There is no way I'm going to be able to afford Cobra, and there is no way I can work and go to school full time and raise two kids on my own.

I'm sort of just hoping some kind of plan will happen before then, because everyone should be allowed to follow their dreams.

In my program it's like $45 I believe to be covered. It's affordable. I also believe its a one time fee. Or you pay it once a year or something like that.

Check with your school registrar, many schools offer a basic student policy for a minimal cost for coverage while you are in school.

Good to know! I will need to call!

Check with your school to see if there is a group student health insurance policy; many schools offer this. Student health policies also tend to be very affordable (the group's members are mostly healthy individuals between the ages of 18-30 -- a low risk population).

Many states regulate that full time college students must have health insurance, and the colleges will offer a basic plan.

If you join the national student nurses association (must be a student in an RN program and a member of NSNA (Home; http://www.nsna.org/Membership/StudentMembership.aspx) you may be eligible for discounted college student insurance: https://www.uhcsr.com/

If you currently have health insurance would you also have to purchase insurance through the school?