Health Insurance

aunt_bea
Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:31:10 +0000

NYU: Contact your insurance company FIRST! Get their coverage forms that outline your coverage specifically. Have them attach, if necessary, an addendum for NY. You may have to pay $50 or so to get them to “say on paper” that they will cover you in NY. Then take that paperwork with you to the health office (with a printed waiver form again). Tell them you “accidentally” misread the line about coverage.

They office can change it in their computer, but be prepared for a hard sell. They make money on those policies! Tell them you already have coverage through parents, and that you have your info and policy writer’s phone number. Don’t pay for additional insurance.