The UNC-system health insurance plan that will become available to UNC-system students beginning in fall 2010 is finalized.
Pearce & Pearce will provide the plan, which students must buy unless they can prove that they already have health insurance.
The base plan has a $610 premium and is uniform for the system. Schools chose which enhancements to add, said Bruce Mallette, UNC-system senior associate vice president of academic and student affairs.
Click here to view the basic health benefits provided through the UNC-system health insurance plan.
The chancellor’s office chose UNC-Chapel Hill’s enhancements, said Patricia Huff, director of administration for UNC-CH Campus Health Services. The UNC-CH plan will cost $723 annually.
“For a student health plan, it is a very good plan,” said David Rousmaniere, director of the UNC-Charlotte Student Health Center.
Some students at schools already working with Pearce & Pearce expressed concern that there are not enough physicians in their network, but Mallette said campus health administrators did not voice complaints during the selection process.
UNC-Chapel Hill insurance plan
(all amounts are annual costs)
Premium (cost of plan): $723
Maximum insurance coverage: unlimited
Deductible (for medical care not already covered): $150 (Waived for services at Campus Health Services)
