Medical Insurance at Mathcamp
All Mathcamp staff and students are required to carry medical insurance for the entire duration of camp.
Students whose regular insurance does not cover them at camp (including all students from outside the US) must purchase travel medical insurance. This should cost around $35-$40 for US residents and $45-$50 for non-US residents. It can be purchased online or from most travel agents.
Important: Travel medical insurance must be bought before you leave home! You cannot purchase it once you are at Mathcamp.
Instructions for purchasing medical insurance online
Everyone: Start by filling out this form. (The link will open in a new tab or window, so that you can refer back to these instructions.)
- Trip Cost: put $0. (You're only interested in the medical insurance, not trip cancellation insurance.)
- Medical Limit: put $0. (It will be set automatically.)
- Trip Type: choose "Air only".
- Primary Destination: choose "Continental United States".
- Residence: choose your state or province. International students, choose "other".
- Departure Date: enter the date one which you will depart for your trip to Mathcamp.
- Return Date: make it a day or two later than your actual return date, in case you're delayed for some reason.
- Traveler Ages: enter your current age in the first box.
- Click on "Quote".
US residents:
- On the next page, you'll get a list of different insurance policies that you are eligible for. The costs will differ depending on where you live, but the cheapest one will probably be "AIG Travel Guard: My Travel Guard", for under $40. Click on "View".
- On the next page, verify that your medical coverage is $10,000 with a $50 deductible. For a few extra dollars, you can upgrage this to $50,000 with no deductible, by checking a box at the bottom of the page ("Medical expense upgrade, $50,000 secondary"). Whether you want to do this is up to you. When done, click on "Buy".
- Fill in all the necessary information and pay by credit card. Your insurance information will be emailed to you. Print out all the information and bring with you to camp.
Canadian residents:
- On the next page, you'll get a list of different insurance policies that you are eligible for. The costs may differ depending on where you live, but the cheapest one will probably be either "AIG Travel Guard: Essential Medical" or "Travel Underwriters: Standard", both for under $50. Both of these plans will cover you for up to $2,000,000, provided that you are covered by GHIP in Canada. Choose the cheapest plan and click on "Buy".
- Fill in all the necessary information and pay by credit card. Your insurance information will be emailed to you. Print out all the information and bring with you to camp.
International students:
- On the next page, you'll get a list of different insurance policies that you are eligible for. Choose the cheapest (probably "Atlas America", for under $50). All of these policies will make you pay the first $250 yourself ("deductible"). They will then pay 80% of the first $1000, and 100% beyond that, up to a maximum of $50,000. For a few extra dollars, you can decrease the deductible to $100 or $0 by checking a box at the bottom of the page. (This is optional.) When you're done, click "Buy".
- Fill in all the necessary information and pay by credit card. Your insurance information will be emailed to you. Print out all the information and bring with you to camp.
