The Graduate Theological Union and participating member schools and institutions sponsor a medical insurance plan designed to provide students with complete medical coverage at a very reasonable cost. The plan is with Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest health plans in California, with over 8,000 physicians at more than 150 locations in northern and southern California to serve you. The HIPS plan has no deductibles, a $20 co-payment for office visits, and includes preventative care as well as many other covered services.

This health insurance plan is available to students enrolled for at least six or more credits or units per semester at one of the following institutions (if you have questions or need more information contact the person listed below for your school):

• American Baptist Seminary of the West (Blake Horridge, bhorridge@absw.edu)
• Church Divinity School of the Pacific (Marcia Lind, mlind@cdsp.edu)
• Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Teresa Olson, tolson@dspt.edu)
• Franciscan School of Theology(Michael Hill, mhill@fst.edu)
• Graduate Theological Union (Maureen Maloney, maloney@gtu.edu)
• Institute of Buddhist Studies (Kumi Hadler,kumi.hadler@gmail.com)
• Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (Edna Casteel, ecasteel@jstb.edu; Paul Kircher, pkircher@jstb.edu for JSTB international students)
• Pacific School of Religion (Delphine Hwang, registrar@psr.edu)
• Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute (Will Zimmerman, paoiwilliamz@yahoo.com)
• San Francisco Theological Seminary (Michelle Walker, mwalker@sfts.edu)
• Starr King School for the Ministry (Becky Leyser, bleyser@sksm.edu)
• School of Applied Theology (Maureen-Therese McGroody, satgtu@aol.com)

If you are enrolled for nine (9) or more credits or units in any one semester, you must enroll in the GTU HIPS program, or provide proof of health insurance that has comparable benefits and costs. Enrollment in the HIPS plan is for the twelve months of the academic year beginning on September 1, 2009 and ending on August 31, 2010. Unless your eligibility to participate in the program changes, you will be enrolled for the entire year. Premiums for the plan are paid in two equal installments at the beginning of each semester. The monthly and semester rates for the HIPS plan are:

Student enrollment periods are August 31 to September 18, 2009 and January 25 to February 12, 2010.

To enroll in the GTU HIPS program or to provide information about membership in a comparable plan and, therefore, waive out of the GTU program, point your browser to http://studentnet.kp.org/gtu. 

If you run into problems trying to enroll in or waive out of the GTU plan and can not resolve your problems before the end of the fall or spring deadlines (see above), complete the appropriate form and submit it to the contact person at your school listed above [NOTE: these are outdated forms; updated forms will be posted to this web page in time for fall 2009 registration and enrollment]:

GTU Student Health Insurance Enrollment Form

GTU Student Health Insurance Waiver Form

For further information, contact the person listed above for your school.  And, your Business Office, Registrar, or Office of Student Affairs may also be able to help.