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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern Student Insurance Office announced changes last week to the student health insurance plan for the upcoming year.

Changes to student health insurance include premium hike, prescription drug benefits

May 7, 2020

Students on the Northwestern University Student Health Insurance Plan can expect to see a 3 percent hike to the annual premium and changes to certain prescription drug benefits, according to an email sent...

Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern Student Insurance Office announced changes last week to the student health insurance plan for the upcoming year.

NU-SHIP to waive deductible and co-insurance costs for diagnostic testing related to COVID-19

March 12, 2020

COVID-19 News Northwestern’s Student Insurance Office announced Wednesday that Aetna Student Health members will receive waived deductibles and co-insurance for all COVID-19 related testing, including...

Graduate workers lead a march for equal rights on campus in spring 2019. Today, NUGW held a virtual day of action to address graduate students’ roles as workers.

Graduate students to be stripped of unionization rights under proposed NLRB rule

September 23, 2019

Student workers at Northwestern and other private universities would lose employee status and unionization rights under a proposed regulation by the National Labor Relations Board. The proposal, announced...

Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern renegotiated its plan with Aetna to lower the cost of mental health treatment after students expressed concern over initial changes to the 2019-2020 plan.

Amendments to health insurance plan will return costs for mental health treatment to a lower price

September 22, 2019

Aetna, Northwestern’s health insurance provider, has agreed to amend the Student Health Insurance plan after students expressed concern over an increase in the cost of mental health treatment, Julie...

Searle Hall, home to University Health Service. Northwestern renegotiated its plan with Aetna to lower the cost of mental health treatment after students expressed concern over initial changes to the 2019-2020 plan.

Change to health insurance could increase costs for students, will remove price limit on outpatient mental health treatment

September 11, 2019

Northwestern has removed a cap on mental health appointment copays as part of its insurance plan for the 2019-2020 academic year, which may increase the out-of-pocket cost for students and employees seeking...

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