Cardinal Care Plan Details

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Academic Year 2022-2023

• 2022-2023 Summary of Benefits Booklet – Palo Alto Campus (PDF)
• 2022-2023 Summary of Benefits Booklet – Monterey Campus (PDF)
• 2022-2023 Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) – Palo Alto Campus (PDF)
• 2022-2023 Summary of Benefits and Coverage (SBC) – Monterey Campus (PDF)

More Student Benefits

Pharmacy Benefits

Purchase prescription drugs at any participating Health Net pharmacy nationwide.

Prescription drug formulary (PDF)

Dental and Vision Care Options

If you or your covered dependents are under the age of 19, you are automatically enrolled in Health Net's Pediatric Dental and Vision coverage. For more detailed information contact Health Net Dental at 866-249-2382.

• Pediatric Dental – Member Letter (PDF)
• Pediatric Dental and Vision Flyer (PDF)

Cardinal Care covers your initial visit to a dentist to stabilize an injury to natural and sound teeth, but not other types of dental care.

For information about your available dental and vision options, stop by the Vaden Insurance Office, call 650-723-2135, or email healthinsurance@stanford.edu.

Worldwide Coverage

When you enroll in Cardinal Care, you receive medical coverage and travel assistance whenever you travel outside of the country for leisure or for school.¹ If you have a medical emergency while traveling, you get access to emergency and urgently needed care.

The travel assistance program will be administered by International SOS. This program will provide you access to broad emergency services. Some of these services include:

• Emergency Medical Evacuation¹
• Medical Supervised Repatriation¹
• Hospital Admission Assistance
• Prescription Assistance
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefits
• Medical, Dental and Pharmacy referrals
• Visit the Stanford International SOS site to download your ID card
• Visit the International SOS website here

¹ Important: These services must be arranged and approved by ISOS. Call 1-215-942-8226 (collect calls accepted). Claims for services not arranged by ISOS will NOT be accepted or reimbursed. This is only a brief outline of your services.