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Students* within their designated waiver period can submit their application to initiate the audit process through the UCSHIP Waiver Application below. Upon submitting your application, you will receive an auto-generated waiver confirmation code to verify receipt of your waiver submission.
To waive UC SHIP coverage, you must have other health insurance coverage that meets the university’s health insurance requirements, described in the waiver criteria below. You must submit a waiver application prior to the start of each new academic year to waive coverage that year.
You can waive UC SHIP coverage if you already have a health plan that meets the university’s health coverage requirements. Go to studenthealth.ucla.edu to learn how to waive enrollment in UC SHIP before the waiver deadline for your campus. Note: You must reapply to waive coverage each academic year.
UCSHIP has incredible coverage of psychiatric care in particular—therapy and psychiatry are entirely free in-network. Meds are also covered really well. One of my meds would cost $2.6k per month normally without insurance but ends up being $40. I would recommend against just immediately waiving it.
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Health Insurance is mandatory for all UCLA registered students. All students are automatically enrolled in UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UCSHIP) and may waive enrollment if they already have health insurance.
Waiving SHIP. Students that have comparable local health insurance are eligible to waive UCSHIP. If you are interested in waiving UCSHIP, be sure to first look at the Ashe Center Waiving UCSHIP information for step-by-step instructions. Once you have determined that you are eligible to waive UCSHIP, you can fill out the waiver online. BruinCare
