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COMPASS - Affordable health insurance plans for international students in America

COMPASS Gold / COMPASS Silver

COMPASS insurance plans are available for:

  • International students
  • Visiting faculty
  • OPT students
  • Exchange foreign students
  • Full-time foreign students
  • Scholars & researchers
  • ESL students
  • High school foreign students (K-12)

Main benefits:

  • COMPASS plans meet or exceed U.S. State Department requirements for J1 / J2 visa holders and F1 students
  • COMPASS plans allow you to choose any medical service provider under the same benefits
  • COMPASS plans offer 100% coverage for injury or sickness, according to the schedule of benefits
  • Deductible is reduced if treatment is first rendered at the university's student health center
  • $75,000 Coverage for Repatriation & Medical Evacuation
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage of $10,000
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Compare COMPASS plans

  BuyCOMPASS Gold BuyCOMPASS Silver
Monthly rate $43 $31
Lifetime medical maximum $300,000 $150,000
Medical Evacuation $50,000 $50,000
Repatriation of Remains $25,000 $25,000
Maximum per injury or sickness $200,000 $50,000
Deductible per event - reduced at Student Health Center (if available) to: $45 $50
Deductible per event elsewhere $90 $100
Co-insurance (up to benefit limits) 100% 100%
Pre-existing conditions (up to benefit limits) Covered after 6 months Covered after 6 months
Home country coverage $500 $500
AD&D - Accidental Death & Dismemberment $10,000 $10,000
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Eligibility: You are eligible if you have a current passport or visa and are temporarily residing outside your home country/country of permanent residence, while actively engaged in education or research activities. You are "actively engaged" in educational activity if you are one of the following:

  1. F1/J1 valid visa holder.
  2. Undergraduate - registered for and attending classes for twelve (12) or more credit hours.
  3. Graduate student.
  4. Scholar or researcher who is invited by an educational organization.
  5. Student involved in education, educational activities, or research- related activities.

Your spouse and any dependent children under the age of 19 are also eligible for coverage if accompanying you. For purposes of this insurance, if your home country (passport country) is different from your country of permanent residence (location in which you permanently reside), you will not be covered in either location.

COMPASS monthly rates

  COMPASS Gold COMPASS Silver
Under 24 $43 $31
24-30 $115 $85
31-40 $131 $110
41-50 $173 $120
51-65 $192 $140
Dependent $293 $190

* Minimum term of coverage is 3 months

Lifetime medical maximum
The maximum amount of $US the insurance company will pay for your claims during your lifetime.
Medical Evacuation
The amount of coverage for medically necessary transportation: ambulance, air rescue, etc.
Repatriation of Remains
The amount of coverage for transporting the body of a deceased person back home.
Maximum per injury or sickness
The maximum amount of $US the insurance company will pay for a specific injury or sickness.
Deductible per event
The amount of money you have to pay the service provider before insurance coverage begins.
Deductible per event
The amount of money you have to pay the service provider before insurance coverage begins.
Co-insurance
The percentage of coverage the insurance company pays.
Pre existing conditions
Medical problems which exist at the time you purchase your health insurance.
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Insurance coverage for loss of life or body parts

Questions? Please call us at (800)244-1180 or e-mail to mailbox@isoa.org
ISO Customer Care representatives are standing by to assist you!

ISO, International Student Organization, is the principal provider of international student health insurance. As such, ISO is the sole service provider of ISO health insurance plans: COMPASS Gold, COMPASS Silver and COMPASS Platinum are the leading AIG student insurance plans; ISO Med 1 and ISO Med 2 are the foremost ACE student insurance plans. International students who need student health insurance are looking for international student insurance at ISO whose main interest is providing health insurance for international students for more than 50 years. In addition to insurance for international students, ISO insurance plans are also offered to non-US citizens who are seeking visitor health insurance plans and medical insurance for non-US citizens. The leading visitor health plans are VOYAGER Elite and VOYAGER plans; US NetCare Apex and US NetCare Advanced medical insurance plans for non-US citizens.