<p>I’m sure those of you with returning junior or seniors already know this but for the rising sophomores, if you waive health care coverage you have to do it each year. I was a little shocked when I saw my bill that is was almost $1000 more than anticipated. Below is the link for your student to do do in case you need it.</p>
<p>Thanks, KDog. We’re in the same situation, and I had recently inquired of my student and husband if we had received any email about waiving the coverage again this year. I guess they don’t mail reminders.</p>
<p>^^ No, Financial Services doesn’t mail those kind notices home; they emailed Health Care Waiver notices to students and authorized payers on June 17th. Everyone in our family received one.</p>
<p>Sorry, Hunt, I think my post was misleading. I agree that risers would not likely count as lofting the bed. My response about lofting being prohibited in Yale dorms was in reply to YaleGradandDad (#1781) saying “Lofting the bed will allow you to get a dresser underneath maximizing remaining floor space.”</p>
<p>Although it sounds like a lot more construction “fun” was being had back in your day, YaleDadandGrad. (“Back in the good old days, we used to carry sheetrock and studs up the stairs and construct our own walls to partition a common room into a bedroom.”)</p>
<p>Gibby, thanks for the video. That was fun. And those beds are plenty high.</p>
<p>^^ Sorry, just checked. The day you could start waiving Yale Health Care was June 17th. Financial Services emailed notices about it on June 21st, and they sent it to students only. (My son forwarded the notice to me.)</p>
<p>I just got my daughters (after I saw a bill with it on it) She said you have until August, but I’m an “earlier is best” type. That shaved 900 off which was nice.</p>
<p>My daughter waived coverage, and we got billed for it anyway. Apparently we now have to prove to Yale Health that we have “alternate coverage…” provided by Yale Health. I love bureaucracies!</p>
<p>When you waive Yale Health, you (or the student) must provide documentation of equivalent coverage – name of alternate plan(s), ID#(s), Group#(s), name of person the coverage is under, SS# of person the coverage is under, address(s), phone number(s) etc. Yale must then verify coverage from the data provided.</p>
<p>That is on the form…my daughter called to ask me the Blue Cross address because it wasn’t on her card. They have to be covered they say and they need to know they have coverage before taking it off. That is why they wont do it for 4 years, it’s yearly, because things can change, insurance can switch companies, you can lose your job, etc.</p>
<p>Are you guys sure about the SS#? My son didn’t ask for my wife’s which the policy is under. I hope he didn’t think it wanted his as he said he completed the form. :o</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure the form asked for the policy holder; not absolutely sure about SS#, but that’s kind of standard on medical forms. My son’s waiver was approved, so we no longer have access to the form, or I would double-check.</p>
<p>Kdog, my daughter just completed the heath waiver form last week, and we didn’t see anything on it about social security number. Just the health plan number, employer name address, phone number, insurance company name address & phone number, employee name, etc. We didn’t have to look up her dad’s SSI number. (I can never remember it.) </p>
<p>Gibby, maybe you are remembering SSI because your insurance uses the number on the health card? Our prior plan had the SSI number on the card as a part of the employee plan id number, but ours doesn’t anymore.</p>
<p>tugtraveller, thanks for the feedback. What my son asked for was what you indicated except for the employee address. He only asked for city, state and zip (not address or phone number). He did ask about complete address and phone number for insurance company as well as plan ID.</p>
<p>No, no. It was the same as your son. Not the employee address, we had to dig up a business card & get my husband’s employer address. Also had to go online to get the insurance company address, as it was not on the insurance card – just phone numbers for claims, coverage, etc.</p>
<p>Most colleges insist on it. They don’t want to worry about it if the student gets hurt and is uninsured.
I don’t like it if they insist that you take theirs, it might be higher than others, but I don’t know if that’s the case.</p>
<p>K1’s stuff (lamps, flat screen tv, holiday decor, winter clothes etc etc) is all in storage at RC and the futon is in the room…
so only 4 duffles that came home (bedding to be washed) etc… are here to be taken back
and we can certainly ship some of it.</p>
<p>The kids have more than a week to get moved in/settled etc. before shopping period.
Right now the only “need” for the room will be a rug…and K1 knows a Walmart run would be helpful…though much of that can be handled at the local CVS etc</p>
<p>That being said–do parents even go to help kids move in sophmore year? I would love to see the suite etc and would be happy to fly up–
It would likely only be one parent as the sibling is back in school…
I asked another parent and she is definitely going to see her DDs suite etc…</p>
<p>I just don’t think Ct Limo is going to be happy with 4 large duffles…
and can they fit a rolled up rug in a Zip car?</p>
<p>K1 did move out alone–all packing/storage etc…Just caught a cab and flew back…</p>
<p>idk. thoughts? Happy to let my independent Yalie be independent…</p>