Harriet A. Woolford University Health Center
Student Health Insurance Waiver
Morgan State University requires all full-time undergraduate students to maintain comprehensive health insurance coverage while enrolled in the institution. Students who have an existing plan that provides coverage in all 50 states must complete the Student Health Insurance Waiver. Please click HERE to review the Health Insurance Waiver FAQs prior to submitting your waiver.
Once the waiver is submitted by the deadline indicated below, it will be applied to the student’s account each semester, as long as the student remains enrolled as a full-time undergraduate.
Note: The Fall 2026 Student Health Insurance Waiver will open and be available for submission beginning July 1, 2026.
All full-time undergraduate (12 credits or more) students are required to have comparable Health Insurance to attend Morgan State University. Students with a comparable private Health Insurance plan can submit the Student Health Insurance waiver. We recommend students contact their Health Insurance Carrier (i.e. United Healthcare, CareFirst, Aetna, Cigna, etc.) to verify that their private health insurance plan provides comprehensive healthcare coverage in Maryland.
All students who are insured through Medicaid, please review the Medicaid Waiver Request . If you are unsure, please contact your Health Insurance Carrier.
All part-time undergraduate and Graduate (Master's or Doctoral) students are required to have comparable Health Insurance to attend Morgan State University.
1) Please click HERE and log in with your MSU student credentials under the section titled Fall 2026 Morgan State University SHIP (Hard Waiver Undergraduates). Once you've successfully logged in, please click the Waive button located on the left side of the screen.
2) Verify that your name and date of birth are correct. Enter all information requested in the fields located in the Student Health Insurance Waiver Form, please ensure all information is accurate based on your private health insurance card. Review the information for typographical errors.
3) Once you've finished the Student Health Insurance Waiver Form, please click Complete and Submit.
4) You will receive an automated confirmation email with the confirmation code associated with your waiver from Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk to your Morgan State University student email account. Log into your MSU email account to verify that you received the confirmation code. If you do not receive a confirmation email and code, please log in to the waiver portal and successfully resubmit the waiver. Verify the submission by logging into your MSU email account to verify that you received the confirmation code.
5) If you successfully submitted the waiver for the Fall semester and received an automated confirmation email with the confirmation code, your waiver will automatically apply for the Spring semester, after registering for 12 or more credits as a full-time undergraduate student.
1) Once you've successfully submitted the waiver, we will begin processing the waiver approx. 48 hours after submission.
2) While viewing your student bill, the Student Health Insurance fee will appear as a charge on your account (located in the charge column).
3) The Student Health Insurance waiver will appear as a payment on your account (located in the payment column) equaling the same amount as the original charge. Thus, waiving the insurance.
| July 2026 | Waiver Portal Opens, and Initial Email Communication goes to new and transfer Spring 2026 students. |
| July 2026 - September 2026 | MSU Health Center and Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk send constant email communication to all full-time undergraduate students (registered for 12 or more credits), Waiver Reminder emails to the MSU email account. |
| September 2026 | Waiver Portal Closes |
SPRING 2027
- The Spring 2027 waiver is only available to new or transfer full-time undergraduate students enrolled at the University for the first time (first semester) or to students who were not enrolled in the previous Fall semester.
For New or Transfer Full-Time Undergraduate Students (ONLY)
| November 2026 | The Waiver Portal opens, and the Initial Email Communication is sent to students. |
| November 2026 - January 2027 | MSU Health Center and Gallagher Student Health & Special Risk send constant email communication to all full-time undergraduate students (registered for 12 or more credits), Waiver Reminder emails to the MSU email account. |
| January 2027 | Waiver Portal Closes |
Once the student successfully completes the Student Health Insurance Waiver and receives their confirmation code via email, the University will begin verifying the information provided in the Gallagher portal for accuracy and validity. The student must be registered as a full-time undergraduate student (taking 12 or more credits for the semester) for the waiver to apply to the student's account.
The Student Health Insurance waiver for the Fall semester will begin applying in August 2026.
The Student Health Insurance waiver for the Spring semester will begin applying in January 2027.
The Student Health Insurance waiver will appear as a payment on your account (located in the payment column) equaling the same amount as the original charge. Thus, waiving the insurance.
Yes; however, please carefully review the information below prior to submitting the waiver.
IMPORTANT: If you have Out-of-State Medicaid, please review the information on the Medicaid Waiver Request page before attempting to waive the Student Health Insurance for the Fall 2026 and/or Spring 2027 semesters. If you are an Out-Of-State student (who does not reside in Maryland) and you have Medicaid, your insurance coverage is not accepted in the State of Maryland. Therefore, you will be responsible for paying out of pocket for ALL healthcare services (primary care, mental health, emergency medical services, specialty care, prescriptions, etc) in the State of Maryland.
We recommend ALL Out-Of-State students who are insured through Medicaid enroll in the Student Health Insurance Plan through United Healthcare. By enrolling in the Student Health Insurance Plan, students will be insured and receive benefits nationwide. Additionally, the student can receive healthcare services at the University Health Center, covered under the United Healthcare Insurance plan.
Please click HERE and review the additional Health Insurance waiver FAQs.
Additionally, if you have any questions that are NOT answered on the Waiver Quick FAQs , the Health Insurance Waiver FAQs , or the Medicaid Waiver Requests FAQs, please call the Health Center directly at 443-885-3236.
Contact Information
Harriet A. Wolford
University Health Center
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, Maryland 21251
P: 443-885-3236
F: 443-885-8232
E: healthcenter@morgan.edu
Contact Information
Harriet A. Wolford
University Health Center
1700 E. Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, Maryland 21251
P: 443-885-3236
F: 443-885-8232
E: healthcenter@morgan.edu