You have several valid options: $0 BU-funded SHIP if you’re a qualifying PhD; otherwise 2026 ConnectorCare or MassHealth (if eligible), a U.S.-based waiver plan, or BU’s $4,054 SHIP.
You aren’t stuck paying full price: some PhD students pay $0, undergrads can appeal, and 2026 public options can cut costs. The key is matching your case and meeting the waiver or special‑enrollment deadlines.
Your friends say one thing, Reddit says another, and ChatGPT wrote you ten paragraphs. You're still not sure. So we built SettleKit from the one question that matters: what do people wish they'd known before they moved?
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Every task you actually need, in the right order: driver's license, credit score, health insurance, bank account. Built exactly for you.
Open a step and we compare your options, explain the fine print, and walk you through it at your pace.
So much of moving here is rules and conventions nobody mentions unless you get them wrong. SettleKit tells you about them up front.
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