Study abroad students are automatically enrolled in an international health insurance plan. This insurance is a requirement for study abroad and students will be billed the cost on their Appalachian State student accounts unless they are participating in an affiliate study abroad program , in which case the affiliate will enroll the student and bill them directly for the charges.
The international insurance plan is your "primary insurance" while you are abroad. The "Student Blue insurance plan" that you get through Appalachian State is not used abroad. However, we do recommend that if you normally purchase this insurance for the sememster that you keep it even though you are abroad. The international insurance plan only covers expeneses while you are abroad, so if you come home due to an injury or sickness and need additional medical treatments in the U.S. you will need Domestic insurance to cover those expenses. For this reason as well as sometimes semester dates differ abroad from ours, we recommend you keep the Student Blue or any other domestic health insurance you my have while you are abroad.
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