Health Insurance Dilemma

[nutella]

I tried negotiating for my scholarship package (full tuition + small stipend) to include student health insurance and was told that my scholarship could not cover those costs. Instead, they increased my stipend by $2,000. I'm not sure if the student health plan is considered high ($1200 per semester), but it seems better than what's offered through the Marketplace. I plan to attend this MA program but am worried about health insurance. I was really hoping that the student health plan would be fully covered through my scholarship. I want to try and negotiate lowering the student health plan cost, but I'm not sure if I should even try, and, if I do,  who I should speak to. Should I ask my POI who already helped me get the extra 2k if I can get the cost of the student health plan lowered? Should I give up? 

Any thoughts or advice?

Edited March 23, 2016 by catsandmarathons

[rising_star]

The student health plan cost is probably the same for all students at the institution, so I doubt you'll be able to negotiate that cost. After all, if they lowered it for you, they'd need to lower it for every single other student. Instead, you could ask for additional scholarship money, though it seems unlikely that you'll get it given that they've already given you a stipend increase to cover some of the health insurance costs. You're really only talking about $400/year that they aren't covering. Is that really too much?

[nutella]

@rising_star You're right. I did come to that conclusion after I stopped being disappointed and thought about it more.  Thanks for your input.