All F-1 international students at Nassau Community College must purchase the College group health plan through Aetna Insurance Company.    The current rate for 2008-2009 academic year/ per student is $1086. The cost for students beginning their studies in the spring 2009 semester is $672. 

Students can waive out of the College health insurance plan only under the following circumstances:

1.  You are the minor child of a parent working in the United States and eligible for dependent health care through
      employment based health insurance
2.  You are the spouse of a person working in the United States and eligible for dependent health care through
      employment based health insurance