Domestic Students

Opt-Out Information - instructions on how to opt-out.|

The Student Health Benefits Plan is a mandatory fee, as passed in a school-wide referendum and conferred by the Student Association Board of Directors and the George Brown College Board of Governors. The fee of this program is $153.50 for a domestic student’s twelve (12) months of coverage (September start) and $105.75 for eight (8) months of coverage (January tart). Students who are presently covered through another plan however, may apply for a refund. Domestic students are eligible for a refund of the fee upon completion of the online George Brown College Student Benefits Opt-Out Form. This form is available in August for September Students and in December for January New Students on the Morneau Sobeco website below.

Opt-Out instructions available in documents.
Domestic Students online only: www.studentplans.ca

• September starts students: October 7, 2010
• January new starts students: February 3, 2011 (September starts students are not eligible for this.)

The website above will not be available after the posted deadline. Proof of comparable coverage is required to opt out and your alternative plan needs to offer the minimum required coverage to get the refund.

Green Shield Information

Domestic Student Health Benefits Plan: covered by Green Shield and ETFS for travel benefits

Please visit Green Shield

The extended Health and Dental coverage is for services that do not fall under the medical coverage by OHIP.
The fee along with your tuition is $ 153.50 for September start students and $ 105.75 for January start students. The benefits include prescription drugs, vision benefits, dental treatments, physiotherapy, chiropractor, etc

Link to the booklet: Documents

You can get the information with the benefits at any of Student Association Offices.
Your benefits are “Goes Live”, in November for September start students, and in March for January start (new) students.

What to do when making a claim from Green Shield for Prescription drugs?

Your benefits are activated around 8 weeks after the start of classes. After the activation, simply you have to inform your identification number of Green Shield to a pharmacist. At any pharmacy in Ontario, the pharmacist will take the identification number, so that the school’s payment will come off the total owing to the pharmacy automatically. Then the student only has to pay what is owed at the time – no mailing in a form!

For other services, submit a claim to Green Shield?

Green Shield also works on a claim form reimbursement system for most services except prescription drugs. Claim forms are mailed to Green Shield including any original receipts to the department for which the service is for. (For example, the Vision Care Department is where a claim form should be mailed to for the purchase of glasses). All the different departments are listed in the Green Shield Outline of Benefits booklet, and on the claim forms themselves (available at greenshield.ca/studentcentre).

When submitting a claim form to Green Shield, make sure:

• Claim form is completed, signed and dated properly
• Original receipts are attached
  Important: You need keep the copy of receipt as you will submit the original to Green Shield.
• Submit or mail the above to the appropriate department

When filing dental claims you can request that your dentist submit the claim electronically by providing the following information:

• Policy # – 27978
• Green Shield ID – GBC +You Student # -00
  For example if your ID in GBC is 100123456 , your Green Shield ID is GBC 100123456 – 00
  Important: You need to come to one of the Student Association Offices for your eligibility before using the Green Shield ID.
• Date of Birth

Family Enrollment

Information for Domestic Students

Green Shield coverage for spouse and/or dependant children is also available to purchase to an additional cost by completing a family application form available at any of the Student Association Office. You must complete the form and bring a certified or money order payable to the Student Association of George Brown College. Their period of coverage and benefits will be the same as the student’s.

Note: no applications will be accepted after the deadlines. Please contact the Health Benefits Office for further information including the cost of family coverage.

Deadline for Family Enrollment:

• September start students: October 14th, 2010
• January new start students: February 10th, 2011 ( September start students are not eligible)

Opt-in Information

Those who opted out and want to come back into the plan. Download Instructions

Once you opt out from the Health Plan, it is a recurrent opt out. It means you will not be covered once you are opted out.

If your current comparable coverage used to waive the student plan terminates, you have 31 days from the loss of coverage to notify the Student Health Benefits Office in order to be covered under the health and dental plan. You must provide payment of the fee as well as written copy of notice of termination.