Health & Wellbeing

The Student Health Center (SHC) is a multidisciplinary, integrated, student healthcare service that provides outpatient confidential, student centered care in an accessible, safe, culturally sensitive, and supportive environment.

Services Offered:

• Medical: providing high quality primary care

• Counseling: providing a safe and confidential environment for mental health and personal development

• Psychiatric: providing short-term psychiatric treatment and referral services

• Insurance: providing affordable and comprehensive insurance coverage

Health insurance guarantees that you can obtain necessary treatment if you develop a serious illness or injury. It also guarantees that you can obtain preventative medical services like immunizations and physical exams. The George Washington University (GW) offers a comprehensive Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) through Aetna Student Health.

In accordance with the Affordable Care Act, some of the benefits that are offered by the GW SHIP include:

• An unlimited lifetime maximum benefit

• Prescription coverage after $100 deductible

• Preventative services covered at 100% (at preferred providers)

• Contraception covered 100% (at preferred providers)

Interested SUP students can sign up for Student Health Insurance online each semester.