The Greenshield health and dental insurance plan includes coverage for professionel health services, prescription drugs, dental care, eye examinations and glasses and travel insurance.

All full-time students starting in September are automatically covered under the plan, while part-time students and those starting in January can opt-in. Students can also pay a supplemental premium to cover their spouse or family.

Essential information

• Policy year: September 1st to August 31st
  
• Greenshield Group Number: 23785
  
• Your identification number: GSA + your student number+00 (01 for spouses; 02-05 for dependents, from 02, oldest, to 05, youngest)
  

• Opt-ins and Opt-outs begin August 15th, 2010
• Opt-out deadline: October 15th, 2010
• Opt-in deadline: October 29th, 2010 (Fall semester), February 11, 2011 (Winter semester)

These are the new amounts for the insurance premiums for 2010/2011.

* These amounts must be added to the rate for a single student.

A printable insurance card, which you can fill in with your student number, can be found here.

Students who are residents of Quebec should note that the GSAED medication insurance is not considered a valid private insurance substitute for the provincial medication insurance plan. See our FAQ for more information.

For more information and questions regarding the insurance plan,

1. check out the Greenshield website (your insurance provider) at www.greenshield.ca/studentcentre or
   
2. call Greenshield customer service line at 1-888-711-1119 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-888-711-1119      or
3. check out our FAQ section
4. or contact us at gsaed@uottawa.ca