Get The Most Out Of Your Services and Activities Fee
The Services and Activities Fee (SAF) is paid by enrolled UW Seattle students, and it supports a wide array of resources on campus, including Husky Health Center. SAF funds offset much of the expense of operating HHC, so we can focus on taking time to provide accessible and inclusive care for students.
Students who visit HHC receive priority access to medical care, provided by experts who understand the unique needs of academic life. Our approach helps HHC keep wait times for appointments shorter than in other clinics, because students aren’t competing with members of the community for an appointment.
HHC offers a wide range of services, programs, and benefits to students that would not be possible without SAF funding. Services that are unique and reserved only for current, SAF-paying students include:
• Priority access when establishing care and scheduling appointments at HHC; you must be an eligible student to schedule an appointment in the Primary Care or Same Day Clinic if you have never been seen here before. Access for certain other appointments is restricted.
• Zero out-of-pocket expense for the first office visit per quarter; visit must be for a medical condition or symptom. If the first visit of a quarter is not entirely covered by a student’s insurance, any remaining out-of-pocket amount related to the visit is considered pre-paid by SAF. Students are responsible for any additional charges related to their visit, including lab tests, x-rays, prescriptions, and supplies.
• Consultations with HHC insurance navigators.
• Counseling visits with HHC’s Patient Healthcare Advocate on sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and reproductive health.
• Safer sex and harm-reduction supplies like condoms, lube, dental dams, naloxone (Narcan), fentanyl test strips, and more.
This list is not exhaustive. These and other services at HHC are reserved for eligible students enrolled at UW Seattle who have paid SAF.