Student Health Plan

As a funded graduate student, you will be automatically enrolled into the health insurance plan. There is no paperwork or enrollment form for you to complete. There is approximately a 30-day processing period for enrolling funded graduate students in the plan at the beginning of each semester.

Dependents – if you are enrolled in this Student Health Plan (SHP), you may choose to enroll your dependents in this health insurance plan on the AHP website at uky.myahpcare.com/enrollment by selecting the “Enroll Online” link during the posted open enrollment windows.

For funded graduate students with an F1, J1 or J2 visa – you will see a charge for the health insurance plan on your tuition account. Payments for the plan are posted on the 28th of each month. Once it is determined that you are in fact a funded graduate student, you will see the credit posted to your account on or around the 28th of that month. It is not necessary for you to contact the SHP office for this to happen.

In rare circumstances, when a student already has qualifying health coverage provided by an employer, government sponsor or exchange agency, they are eligible to provide documentation of their alternate health coverage by applying for a coverage waiver. When a waiver is approved for a qualifying alternate plan, UK will cancel that student’s eligibility for the SHP for one semester. Waivers must be completed each semester in order to cancel the SHP charge. You can find more information about the waiver by visiting uky.myahpcare.com/waiver.

In rare circumstances, when a student already has qualifying health coverage provided by an employer, government sponsor or exchange agency, they are eligible to provide documentation of their alternate health coverage by apply for a coverage waiver. Please contact the SHP office at studenthealthplan@uky.edu to request a benefits verification form if you need to apply for a waiver. Be aware that there are deadlines for applying for a waiver. Benefits verification forms received after the deadline will not be accepted.

When a waiver is approved for a qualifying alternate plan, UK will cancel that student’s eligibility for the SHP for one semester. Waivers must be completed each semester in order to cancel the SHP charge.

If you have not been assigned a UK ID number, please use your 8-digit date of birth in the UK ID field. (For example, if you were born on May 31, 1978, you would enter “05311978” in the UK ID
field.)

Neither the period beginning and ending dates, nor plan cost can be changed to fit your arrival and departure dates.

• Fall – Coverage begins on August 15 or on the date of purchase if purchased after August 15.
• Spring/summer – Coverage begins on January 1 or on the date of purchase if purchased after January 1.