MIT Health Insurance

molliebatmit
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:41:51 +0000

On a personal note, MIT Medical is a pretty good college healthcare service. If you’re sick and go to urgent care, you’ll probably wait 45 minutes to an hour, and they don’t dispense antibiotics like candy (sorry). Odds are decent that they’ll tell you to go home and get some rest. But they’re generally very helpful, professional, and understanding – which is really great when you’ve never been to the doctor without your parents.

I had a minor medical emergency last year, and it made me feel so much better that Medical was on top of getting me appointments with various doctors and making sure I got better. My life was stressful enough, and it was great that I was able to get everything taken care of in a timely fashion. Other friends of mine who had to be hospitalized or have serious medical care (broken bones, mono, etc) have had similar experiences.

You’re assigned, by the way, a primary care physician (well, you get to pick him/her from the list). Medical is pretty big, and it really feels like a real health care community rather than some lame-o campus health service.

I think most students use the MIT extended insurance policy, unless their families are local. The paperwork and red tape for using out-of-the-area parents’ insurance can get overwhelming.