Posted on Monday, September 26th, 2011 at 2:41 pm

New Brunswick is a province in Canada that is located on the eastern shoreline. Like with the other provinces in Canada, New Brunswick offers national health care to its citizens and permanent residence called the New Brunswick Medicare. If you are an international student studying in New Brunswick, whether a student from another province or country, you are not eligible for the New Brunswick Medicare.

Instead, if you are a Chinese international student in New Brunswick, you will need to purchase a separate policy to cover you while studying in Canada. If you do not have an insurance plan in place, you will be expected to pay for medical treatment and expenses out-of-pocket. To cut down on your expenses, you should first contact your school to see whether they have a mandatory insurance plan in place.

Some schools will allow you to choose your own student insurance plan if you are able to provide proof of insurance upon arrival. Other schools will leave students on their own to purchase insurance. Other universities may build insurance into the tuition without the option to waive out. In any of these cases, it is important to find out what your school offers, what options you have, and what type of benefits are included in your plan.

Posted by Jennifer Frankel

Jennifer is the International Director at International Student Insurance. Jennifer is a graduate of the University of Florida where she holds a Masters in International Business and a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. She has lived and worked abroad in Mexico, Chile, Costa Rica and England, and traveled extensively in South America, Europe and Asia.