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Ontario's Mandatory Student Health Insurance Just Jumped Nearly 20%. Here's What You're Actually Paying For — and Not Getting
If you're an international student starting or continuing at an Ontario university this fall, a bill you can't opt out of just got noticeably bigger. UHIP — the mandatory health insurance every international student at a public Ontario university must carry — is rising close to 20% for the 2026-27 coverage year. Here's what you're actually being charged, what it does and doesn't cover, and the gap in the system that catches a lot of students off guard. Ontario's Mandatory Stu
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