Mandatory School Health Insurance during Clinical Years?

I recently found out that my school requires all students to purchase health insurance through the school for 3rd and 4th years, with the only exceptions being if you have a pre-existing health condition that would be adversely impacted by a change in insurance. Failure to do so results in removal from rotations. Is this commonplace at other schools? What are my options? I'm pretty upset and blindsided by this as I had to find it out about it via word of mouth from upper classmen. I... Read more
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