Graduate Assistantship Health Benefits

Full-time Graduate Assistants

All full-time graduate assistants are eligible to receive 100% coverage of the annual graduate student health insurance premium.

For information regarding the Wellfleet Health Insurance plan please visit: https://www.studentinsurance.com/Client/2268

Full-time graduate assistants are defined as:

Enrolled full-time (9 hrs. or late-stage doctoral students taking dissertation credits)
With a 20 hr a week graduate assistantship contract (or multiple contracts that add up to 20 hrs a week)
Receiving full tuition and fees covered for the courses required for your degree program.
Receiving a stipend

If a student meets these eligibility requirements and has signed their contract, they will automatically be enrolled in the Wellfleet insurance each semester.

A one-time administrative fee of $230 dollars will be deducted from the graduate assistants first paycheck when the student's coverage begins.

Full-time graduate assistants who wish to waive insurance coverage can do so through the Welfleet waiver process. More information on this process will be posted by July 1, 2025.

If you are an international student who is also a full-time graduate assistant, your status in the Wellfleet system will be switched from "international" to "supported GA" once your contract is processed and the health insurance charges will be reversed on your tiger express account.

For information about the Wellfleet health insurance plan, please visit: https://www.studentinsurance.com/Client/2268.

Dependents cannot receive health benefits but coverage is available for purchase through Wellfleet. In addition, "Dependent Only" coverage is available through the MEMPHIS Plan for $50 per month for the first dependent, $25 per month for each additional. Please see information about the MEMPHIS Plan below.

Part-time Graduate Assistants

The University of Memphis is unable to provide health insurance benefits for part-time graduate assistants.

However, the University of Memphis has partnered with Church Health Center to offer the Memphis Plan to part-time domestic graduate assistants.

The MEMPHIS Plan is NOT INSURANCE. It is a healthcare ministry of the Church Health Center, comprised of volunteer physicians and donated medical services.

MEMPHIS Plan is available only to those part-time graduate assistants who do not currently have medical insurance or dependents of full-time graduate assistants.

To get started, please visit Church Health MEMPHIS Plan for information about he programs and learn on how to enroll as a MP Direct participant. The cost is $50 per month; dependents are and additional $25 per month.