"For a third consecutive year, Yale has announced enhancements to its undergraduate need-based financial aid program that will benefit students from families with high financial need.
For several years Yale has not required parents earning less than $65,000 annually — with typical assets — to make any contribution toward the cost of a child’s education. Beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year, students from those same families will also receive free hospitalization insurance coverage ($2,332 annually) and an additional reduction in Student Effort, beyond reductions announced in 2015 that set the summer income contribution for these students 35% lower than for others receiving financial aid.
In 2016 Yale announced that all students with this high level of financial need would receive a $2,000 startup grant in their first-year, and $600 supplements in subsequent years." …
https://news.yale.edu/2017/10/23/financial-aid-policies-expand-third-consecutive-year-2