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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/insurance.aspx">
System Student Health Insurance Plan (SSHIP)</a> premium charge for the fall 2016 semester will be applied to student accounts within the next week to two weeks for students currently enrolled for courses for the fall semester.&nbsp; As a reminder,
<b><i>the SSHIP charge is automatically applied to a F-1, J-1, and student changing their status to F-1 once the student has registered for courses and tuition and fees have been applied</i></b>.&nbsp; It is your responsibility to review your student account to
 ensure accuracy for the SSHIP.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The <a href="https://tamuc.myahpcare.com/enrollment">
SSHIP Fee</a> for continuing students (students enrolled at A&amp;M-Commerce spring or summer 2016) for the fall 2016 semester is $947.&nbsp; The SSHIP for new students (not previously enrolled in courses at A&amp;M-Commerce) will be $1105 for the fall 2016 semester.&nbsp; Please
 note the ISSS does not set the cost for the SSHIP.&nbsp; The cost for the insurance is set by criteria and a bidding process at the Texas A&amp;M University System.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Students who meet the one of the
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/insurance.aspx">
System Waiver Criteria</a> will need to submit their waiver request by September 6, 2016.&nbsp;
<b><u>No waivers will be accepted after September 6.</u></b>&nbsp; All waivers are processed by Academic Health Plans and the ISSS will not review or process any waiver requests.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Students with full-time graduate assistants that have valid
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/documents/GraduateAssistantSSHIPFAQ1.pdf">
Grad Plan Insurance</a> for the fall 2016 semester will need to complete the <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/campusLife/campusServices/internationalStudentServices/assistantship_form.aspx">
Assistantship Waiver Form</a>.&nbsp; GA&#8217;s DO NOT submit waiver requests.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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