{"id":629,"date":"2008-01-18T08:58:57","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T13:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=629"},"modified":"2008-01-18T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T14:00:43","slug":"health-plan-schmealth-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Health Plan-Schmealth Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">I transferred to U of T from Ryerson this year. I wanted to be able to opt out<br \/>\nof the health and dental plan but never knew how to. Before I knew it, the Fall<br \/>\nsemester was over and never got around to finding out how. How would I go about<br \/>\nopting out of the plan, and can I even still opt out at this point in time?<br \/>\nThank you<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><o:p>?<\/o:p><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">Good question.<span>? <\/span>Unfortunately, those buggers won?t let you opt out anymore if you started your school year in September.<span>? <\/span>For the future,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utsu.ca\/index.php?section_id=1011\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">is the UTSU website that allows you to opt out, and gives you everything that you need to know.<span>? <\/span>Also, don?t kick yourself for not opting out.<span>? <\/span>I?m in third year and didn?t figure it out\/remember until this year.<span>? <\/span>And I just found out that I don?t get my cheque until March.<span>? <\/span>LAME.<span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I transferred to U of T from Ryerson this year. 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