Reporter Briefing: Open Enrollment III- What You Need to Know

*** OPEN ONLY TO MEMBERS OF THE PRESS ***With the third open enrollment period for health insurance marketplaces launching November 1st, two marketplace executives and an analyst will help reporters understand what to expect.

Speakers will provide the latest information about premium trends and drivers, health plan availability and new comparison tools for consumers to use in choosing health plans. They will discuss trends in the role of navigators and brokers, and increasing consumer expectations, particularly around the ease of the process.

This briefing for reporters, sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform, Health Affairs and the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation, is the first in a series looking at timely health care policy topics.

Peter Van Loon, director of exchange solutions and information technology, Access Health CT

Joel Ario, managing director, Manatt Health Solutions

Mila Kofman, executive director, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority

Alan Weil of Health Affairs and Marilyn Serafini of the Alliance for Health Reform will moderate.

With thanks to the The Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy for its support of this briefing.