Some Schools have already opened their SHIP waiver processes for the upcoming academic year. If a School decides to move to remote-only learning, or if a Student decides to access courses remotely, after Students have already enrolled in the SHIP, should Students be allowed a SHIP premium refund?

The Health Connector strongly encourages Schools to work with their health insurance carriers and Third-Party Administrators to ensure they can timely disenroll individuals from the SHIP if Students have comparable coverage as defined in Question 3. To avoid undue operational complexity associated with disenrollment requests after SHIP coverage has begun for the academic year, the Health Connector urges Schools to offer an additional opportunity for Students to waive their SHIP.