Student Health Insurance Requirement

All international students are automatically enrolled in and billed for the UO Student Health Benefits Plan. The cost for the UO Student Health Benefits Plan for 2024-25 is $3,516 per year paid out over 3 terms ($1,172 per term) or 2 semesters ($1,758 per semester for Law students) and provides excellent coverage, low deductibles and low out of pocket limits. If you have other health insurance, you can request to waive out of the UO student health benefits plan as long as you meet the waiver criteria. (Graduate Employees have a different waiver process - see next paragraph). Insurance waiver criteria can be found on the University Health Services website. The deadline to request a waiver for fall 2024 is October 2, 2024.

Graduate Employees (GEs)

You will be automatically enrolled in and billed $1,172 for the Student Health Benefits Plan same as all new international students. However, you are eligible for the GTFF Insurance Plan, administered by the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF) labor union, which costs a fraction of the student plan, but you must enroll in the GTFF insurance plan to waive out of the Student Health Benefits Plan. Once you enroll in the GTFF insurance plan, the benefits coordinator will waive you out of the Student Health Benefits Plan and the charge of $1,172 will be reversed. You do not have to pay this charge if you are planning to enroll in the GTFF insurance plan.