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Dear international students,

The Spring 2018 semester is quickly approaching. Our office would like to remind you that if you were enrolled in the health insurance plan provided by the university for the fall 2017 semester, your coverage will be valid until December 31, 2017.

If Spring 2018 is your first semester, you will be enrolled in the university's health insurance plan, which will cover you from January 1, 2018 until August 14, 2018 (Summer 2018). The cost of $1,445 will be added to your MyMav account once you register for spring courses.

If you have an alternate health insurance plan that meets the eligibility criteria listed below, you may request an insurance waiver online through AHP's website beginning December 1st. The deadline to submit a waiver is January 31, 2018.

Criteria to submit a waiver request, must meet one of the following:

  1.  Sponsored Plan (US Government, Foreign Government, Embassy)
*         Must guarantee payment of all health care expenses in writing
*         Must be ACA compliant

  1.  UT Employee Group Health Plan (must be ACA compliant)
  2.  US Employer Plan (must be ACA compliant)
  3.  US Individual Plan (must be ACA compliant)
  4.  Enrolled exclusively in distance learning programs

If you meet one of the above criteria, then your alternate health insurance coverage must meet the following minimum requirements:

1.       The mandatory coverage period of: January 1, 2018 through August 14, 2018.

2.       Unlimited maximum on benefits

3.       Contains no exclusions for pre-existing conditions

4.       $500 or less deductible per year

5.       Covers 100% of Preventive Care as defined by the PPACA;

6.       Imposes no provisions for co-insurance that exceed 25% of the covered benefits per accident or illness.

7.       Must be Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) compliant. (Travel plans will not be accepted)
Please direct all insurance waiver related questions to AHP at 855-247-7587.

If you are not a F1, F2, J1 or J2 student, you do not have to satisfy these insurance requirements. Please disregard this email.


Christopher Mai
Office of International Education
University of Texas at Arlington
Office: 817-272-2355

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