University of Virginia student health plan to allow same-sex spouse benefits

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Student plan to allow same-sex spouse benefits

Faculty still lack LGBTQ spouse coverage

by Jenna Dickerson | Oct 02 2014

The University announced Tuesday that students enrolled in the Aetna Student Health plan are now allowed to add either same- or opposite-sex domestic partners to their plans.

The faculty and staff health insurance plan will not provide the same benefits due to strict state laws, Student Affairs spokesperson Virginia Carter said.

“The student plan and the faculty plan are administered totally differently — they are both through Aetna, but are completely different plans,” Carter said. “Under state law, the benefit of domestic partnership is not available for the staff plan. […T]here are very strict laws when it comes to health care.”
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The University requires all students have health insurance upon entering school. It offers the Aetna Student Health plan to students who either don’t have health insurance or want to consider other policies. ... The University does not cover the cost of the health insurance plan, giving students responsibility for paying the premium in full. The annual cost of enrolling a spouse on a student health plan is an additional $3,678.

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