BYU-Idaho requires all students to have adequate health insurance. A medical coverage plan is available for students enrolled at the university. Learn more about cost, prescriptions, co-pays, and deductibles.
BYU–Idaho requires all traditional, matriculating students to either have health insurance coverage in the Rexburg area or participate in the BYU—Idaho Student Health Plan for the duration of their BYU—Idaho education (including, but not limited to, semesters during which you are deferred, suspended, on your flex semester, or completing an internship). If you have selected the Student Health Plan by mistake or were unable to enter your private insurance information online, the Health Plan can be waived if the waiver is submitted by the semester deadlines.
If you have an acceptable substitute policy, you can be withdrawn from the Student Health Plan by filling out the online form at the time of registration.
Student Health Plan Waiver InstructionsThe deadline to waive the full semester is a week after the semester has started. After that deadline, you will be automatically enrolled in the Student Health Plan for that semester. If this deadline has passed, there are options to potentially waive the second block of the Student Health Plan. The deadline to waive the second block is a week after the second block has started. If you fail to meet this deadline, you will not be able to waive any part of the Student Health Plan for that semester.
Waiving Student Health Plan Deadlines
| Full Semester | 1 week after the semester has started |
| Second Block | 1 week after the second block has started |
Specific deadlines are posted on the BYU-I Academic Calendar. For any other questions, call 208-496-9331.
If you are in Rexburg, Idaho Medicaid is the only kind of Medicaid that will serve as an acceptable substitute policy. If you want to waive the Student Health Plan with Idaho Medicaid, you will need to send your Idaho Notice of Action letter to healthcenterbilling@byui.edu.