SHIP FAQs

Yes, at CC we want to make sure our students are sage and healthy, therefore we require students to have Health Insurance.

If you do not have health insurance, or have health insurance with minimal coverage you may enroll in our Student Health Insurance Plan. 

Before the beginning of each academic year you will be required to enroll or waive your insurance. 

You will receive emails from our waiver/enrollment administrator, Academic HealthPlans (AHP), directly to your CC email address detailing instructions during each open enrollment period. Communications regarding the process will start prior to each school year.

It is the student’s responsibility to check their CC email address and complete this process, or they will be auto-enrolled. 

You will be promoted to enroll/waive at the beginning of every year before the semester starts. 

You may also choose to enroll at the semester. 

No. You have two weeks passed the end of the enrollment period to ask to be unenrolled. Even within this time you can not be unenrolled if you have used SHIP. 

Once those two week have passed you will remain enrolled for the semester. You may unenroll at the end of the semester during the enrollment period. 

You will receive emails from AHP letting you know when this period begins. 

Once you submit your enrollment form, you will receive an email via your CC email address letting you know they your enrollment has been processed by AHP. This means your enrollment form has been successfully submitted. Within 5-7 business days you should receive confirmation that it has been accepted by SHIP. 

Your coverage will begin August 1st. 

An insurance waiver is an application that you fill out to let us know you have health insurance and do not want to be enrolled in SHIP at CC.

To submit a waiver you must provide information about your current insurance coverage. The coverage will be reviewed by a third-party audit company to make sure it covers CC's insurance criteria.

If you wish to enroll in SHIP, then you will not need to fill out a waiver but instead fill out an enrollment form.

Before the beginning of each academic year you will be required to enroll or waive your insurance. 

You will receive emails from our waiver/enrollment administrator, Academic HealthPlans (AHP), directly to your CC email address detailing instructions during each open enrollment period. Communications regarding the process will start prior to each school year.

It is the student’s responsibility to check their CC email address and complete this process, or they will be auto-enrolled. 

To complete the waiver process you will need your insurance ID card. Most of the information needed can be found on the insurance ID card.

Depending on your card, you may need to access the insurance company's website, contact the plan administrator, or insurance carrier for additional information.

Please make sure the information you provide on your waiver application is accurate, as incorrect or incomplete information may cause your waiver application to be denied.

Information provided on waiver applications will be verified by Academic HealthPlans (AHP).

Yes, once you have submitted your waiver Academic HealthPlans will verify that the plan provides current and active coverage.

If they find it does not a waiver may be denied. 

If this happens you will receive a Waiver Application Denied email and you will be automatically enrolled in and charged for SHIP.

If you feel the denial was an error, you may appeal the waiver denial by contacting the the Wellness Resource Center at wellness@coloradocollege.edu. Appeals must be received within 7 business days of your waiver denial notification to be considered.

Once you submit a waiver application, you will receive an "Application Received” email via your CC email address. This means your waiver has been successfully submitted.

Your waiver is not final until you receive a “Waiver Approval” or “Waiver Denial” email. Please check your student email account for these messages.

It  is  your  responsibility  to  check  your  student  email  account  for waiver  status  updates  and  to send in additional documentation if requested.

Approval of your waiver means that you will not be enrolled in the Student Health Insurance Plan for the academic year and that medical costs you incur will be your responsibility.

You may choose to change your enrollment status at the semester. 

Yes, ship covers the student health center. There should be no co-pay for student health center visits, although there may be a co-pay for tests run at the clinic. 

Other UCHealth clinics have a minimized co-pay.