Is student health Insurance affordable? The answer is yes. There are a lot of advantages for the college student when it comes to health insurance options. There are however, large numbers of young people attending colleges and universities that have no coverage at all. This often happens when the parents lose their health insurance because of lost employment and so the student has no coverage either. There is a huge investment being made in the student attending college. It is imperative that the students protect their financial commitments as well as their parent