Graduate Research Assistant Healthcare Plan

Tobacco Use Surcharge: Graduate Research Assistants and enrolled dependents age 18 or older must certify their tobacco use status if enrolling in the GRA Healthcare Plan. Certification is required each enrollment. A $150 tobacco-user surcharge (per student and eligible dependent(s) age 18+) will be added to the monthly premium for tobacco users.

Important Additional Information

• Graduate Research Assistants enrolled in the GRA Health Plan pay premiums through monthly payroll deductions.
• Enrollment under this plan is on a biannual basis. Students must renew coverage each January and August. Elections made in January apply to the coverage period of January – July.  Elections made in August apply to the coverage period of August – December.  Coverage will continue through each coverage period unless the Graduate Research Assistant becomes ineligible for the coverage (i.e., graduates or moves into another non-graduate research assistant position) or experiences a qualifying life event.
• If a Graduate Research Assistant enrolls in the GRA Health Plan and the student is also mandated to have coverage under the Mandatory Student Plan, the student must submit a waiver request to opt out of the mandatory student health insurance plan. Please see the Student Health Insurance webpages for further information.
• The GRA Healthcare Plan does not provide repatriation and medical evacuation coverage. International students enrolling in this plan must purchase a standalone repatriation and medical evacuation plan in order to meet the minimum requirements to opt out of the Mandatory Student Health Insurance Plan.