What is the Extended Health and Dental Plan?

Following a successful referendum of members, the students’ union implemented a comprehensive and mandatory extended health and dental benefits plan for full-time students. Like other plans at universities and colleges around the country, our plan provides extended coverage for prescription drugs, paramedical services, and dental work, along with travel insurance, Life/Accident Insurance and legal assistance plan and other coverage tailored to students.

Extended Health and Dental Benefits

COST
$275.00 for 12 months coverage.

To add dependents there is an additional cost.
One dependent-$275.00 ($550.00 in total)
Two or more dependents-$480.00 ($755.00 in total)

REGISTERING / MAKING CLAIMS

If a student has been assessed/added to the coverage, they will need to register on the Green Shield Canada to make claims, get direct deposit, and student discounts. You will have coverage for 12 months, which begins the first of the month that your course starts. For example, if you started in September, you will have coverage from Sept. 1 – Aug. 31. One exception is if your course starts the last few days of the month, it will start the following month. Coverage is good throughout Canada, as long as your provincial health care is up to date. If your provincial health care is not BC you will need to contact the SCSU Castlegar Office to let us know.

BLACKOUT PERIOD

You will not be able to register or make claims until the blackout period is over. The blackout period is usually 6 weeks for new and returning students. If you started in Sept. the blackout period will usually be over mid-Oct, Jan-mid Feb, etc. You will receive an email to your Selkirk College email account when it is over. Please make sure to hang on to all your receipts during this time! You can submit a claim for any services used during the blackout period when it’s over and you have registered.

Students, meeting full-time requirements, with disabilities, that have not been added into the coverage or if you have previously opted out and don’t have existing coverage now and are wanting it please contact SCSU.
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Are you graduating this year? Don’t leave your coverage behind SCSU, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS), and Prosum Health Benefits have partnered to offer affordable health and dental plans that you can access after you’re no longer a student. Starting as low as $27 per month, Individual Health Assist plans allow you the flexibility to choose your level of coverage and more importantly find coverage that fits your budget. If you are graduating, your coverage from your students’ union benefits plan ends 12 months after the start date of your program; once your coverage ends, you will have 90 days to apply for a GSC Health Assist plan. Learn more about the plans available or to start your application at https://www.surehealth.ca/plans-link.

For more information, contact Prosum Health Benefits at 1-855-751-6590 or info@ProsumHealthBenefitsInc.ca

Registering Online

If a student has been assessed coverage, they will need to register on the Green Shield Canada website to use the benefits. See below for more detailed instructions.

Your GSC ID # (or Plan Member ID) is 6-digit student #)-00 Ex. SSA123456-00

You will also receive an email from AGA Benefit Solutions. You will register with them if you would like to assign a beneficiary for your Life/Accidental Insurance Benefit. You can register with Green Shield Canada(GSC) without having registered with AGA Benefit Solutions . You can also go back to AGA and do this later.

The ‘Certificate Number’ is 123456 (your 6-digit student number).

The ‘Client Number’ is SSU- (no numbers, just SSU-)

Attached below is a ‘step by step’ on how to register and make a claim.

INSTRUCTIONS

Opting Out

With proof of existing extended health and dental insurance, a student can choose to opt-out of the students’ union coverage.

You have until the end of the month that your course starts to opt-out.

MSP is NOT extended health and dental coverage.

For opt-out information please visit your local SCSU office. Opt-out forms are available in office or by clicking the link below under “Forms”. This can be done on our health coverage management website.

It is your responsibility to check your Selkirk College account at the end of the month your course began to confirm you have opted out.

Once you have opted out, you are permanently opted out for the rest of your time at Selkirk College.

If you have existing coverage, it is possible to combine both coverages to maximize your benefits. For many students this is beneficial. Just because you have coverage doesn’t mean you have to opt-out of the SCSU’s coverage. Check out the ‘Plan Details’ below to see if this is a good option for you.

INSTRUCTIONS

Enrollment/AddingDependents

Dependants can be added to the SCSU H&D plan for an additional fee. An additional $275.00 to add one dependent. An additional $480.00 to add two or more dependents. Dependents will not have the Life/Accident Insurance or Tutorial Benefit.

Please contact SCSU to get the enrollment form to add dependents, as it must be done by the end of the month your course starts. Dependents need to be added each year.

This is the form needed to be added back into coverage if you had previously opted out.

ENROLLMENT

Extended Health and Dental Plan Questions

Robin Legere

Organiser Operations

Castlegar Campus Room O-127

1 (250) 365-1303

healthanddental@selkirkstudents.ca

Selkirk College Students' Union

What is the Extended Health and Dental Plan?

Extended Health and Dental Benefits

Registering Online

Opting Out

Enrollment/AddingDependents

Plan Details

Opting Out

Other Benefits

Enrollment Form

Life & Accident Insurance Beneficiary Designation

Extended Health and Dental Plan Questions