Health Insurance and Services
Health Insurance
The University requires students to have basic medical insurance coverage. Since many students do not have this, the University has negotiated a limited policy. This policy will be offered at a single student rate of $600* for a 12- month policy through Continental American Insurance Company. For a married student, favorable add-on rates are available if coverage is desired for the student’s family. The basic policy is written for a semi-private room rate of $650* per day. This rate covers 30 days of hospitalization per illness.
All students are required to take out this policy unless they already have insurance which is equal to or exceeds the policy offered by the University. Students whose own insurance meets or exceeds the University’s policy must submit evidence of their coverage in a timely fashion. Failure to submit the requested evidence will result in a charge to the student’s account of the appropriate fee for the University’s insurance.
Details of the insurance coverage will be sent to all students during the summer. The purchase of this policy should be taken care of before the beginning of the student’s first semester.
*Rates subject to change if necessary
Health Services
W. J. Barge Memorial Hospital, the campus infirmary, cares for students who are too ill to attend classes. Students referred by an infirmary nurse may be treated at the University Medical Associates (UMA), a clinic near the campus operated by Christian physicians. Cases of surgery or serious illness requiring hospital care may be admitted to hospitals in Greenville.
All new students are required to have an entrance physical. The student’s family physician should perform this before the student arrives on campus. Students should complete the Medical Health Form and send it to Barge Memorial before arriving on campus. Students not meeting this requirement will have laboratory tests and a physical at the UMA.
