If the option is endorsed, Klever said Aetna Student Health would provide insurance to any students who are working toward a degree at the University. Unless something drastic happens, that will probably be the final one to stand.” “I think the one that’s left is the one that we’re seeing. “There are other options on the plate, but when they contacted all of the other vendors they were very compatible with Michigan,” he said. Mahanti said the assembly is leaning towards the Aetna plan because the other companies making pitches were unfamiliar with how to deal with a Uuniversity as large as the University of Michigan. “Our choice (was) determined by what other schools in the Big Ten are doing in terms of insurance plans,” Klever said. Karen Klever, student insurance manager at UHS, said Aetna Student Health was the best option out of 14 potential companies. At the meeting, the committee introduced Aetna Student Health - the same health plan that has been available to University students for the last 10 years - as the most compatible option for students. The Student Insurance Committee includes Chief Health Officer Robert Winfield, students and other parties. MSA will have the opportunity to endorse one of the companies.įour members of University Health Service’s Student Insurance Committee lobbied for their proposed insurance provider option to MSA at last night’s meeting. This year is a bid year, which means different insurance providers will be bidding for the opportunity to provide student health insurance. At last night’s Michigan Student Assembly meeting, the assembly began the process of choosing a student health insurance vendor to endorse.
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