In addition to the individual mandate, college students in Massachusetts have been required to have health insurance since 1989. In order to enroll, they must carry health insurance through their school’s Qualifying Student Health Insurance Program (QSHIP) plan or show they have comparable alternative coverage.
CP has prepared a one-page summary about what QSHIP covers, what limits exist and how it works with state health programs.
Thank you for QSHIP info!
I really want to thank Community Partners for posting information on QSHIP and encouraging comments and blogs on it. Here in the Greater Boston area, a number of our partners in the HealthMINT Outreach and Enrollment network of organizations -- who help people sign up for health insurance and navigate the complex health system -- mentioned people were losing MassHealth and Commonwealth Care insurance coverage when they became students and were became eligible for QSHIP. They pointed out that the new students were losing a better type of coverage and forced to go on QSHIP, which did not meet their full needs. I thought I knew the options by name, and I wasn't even aware of QSHIP as one of the student/youth types of coverage.
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