Eligibility for Short Term Insurance

Who's Eligible?

Short term insurance (also called temporary health insurance) is available for:

  • Healthy individuals between the ages of 30 days and age 64 and 11 months
  • Dependent children through age 18 (age 24 if a full-time student)*
  • Foreign residents living in the U.S.

Who's Not Eligible?

Short term insurance plans are a good alternative to COBRA coverage or student health insurance for many people. Unfortunately, this coverage is not available for everybody. Our short term insurance plans do not cover:

  • People who will turn 65 or become eligible for Medicare during the benefit period
  • People who are pregnant
  • People seeking coverage while traveling outside of the U.S.

* May vary by state.