When studying in the U.S., international students leave behind everything familiar and enter a new culture. They must communicate in a less familiar language, and they are completely engaged in a new educational system. Having to navigate the U.S. healthcare system’s complexities can be an additional source of stress.
By providing health care insurance, you will help to ease your international students' transition and alleviate confusion.
Why Offer Health Insurance Options for Your International Students?
International families look to you as the authority when it comes to planning their child’s U.S. experience. Healthcare insurance is a particularly complex decision.
U.S. health insurance terminology is unique and unfamiliar to those from other countries. When it comes to choosing a plan, considerations like adequate coverage, cost, and exclusions make the decision complicated.
Offering a health insurance plan that your school has vetted and approved saves your families this challenge. You will be positioned to give additional guidance to your students as they navigate the U.S. healthcare system, and make certain that your students and their families understand terms and coverage. This overall support will do much to ease parents’ anxieties.
This concierge approach to health insurance helps your school stand out and strengthens relationships with international communities. The concern you show for your students' health and safety confirms the value you place on their happiness and well-being.
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Choose a Single Carrier to Simplify Administration
Some schools offer multiple health insurance carrier options to their international students. Managing these, however, can be difficult—each has its own processes, customer service systems, and approved providers. Partnering with a single insurance carrier means one set of benefits and one customer service system, among other advantages. You’ll only need to know the ins and outs of a single program and understand one set of network benefits and coverages.
If a student needs to visit the doctor, you’ll know what’s covered and what’s not, saving you and your student valuable time and money. If a parent has a health insurance question, you’ll be able to find the answer with ease and certainty. Choosing a single carrier makes assisting international families efficient and straightforward.
Mandate Your International Student Health Insurance
Having a voluntary health insurance plan for international students can result in varied coverages when families choose different carriers. Save your international families from the confusing and frustrating experience of selecting a health insurance plan by endorsing the best plan available: our International Scholar Protection from ISM Insurance.
International Scholar Protection provides comprehensive medical coverage, 24/7 multilingual support, and concierge service to your international students and families. To learn more, email us at insurance@isminc.com or visit our website.
