Founded in 2014 by the Council for Affordable Health Coverage, Clear Choices is a new consumer-industry campaign designed to promote health care transparency and offer better comparison shopping tools for consumers. At this private meeting, DC Health Benefit Exchange Executive Director Mila Kofman will discuss the improvements DC Health Link has made for plan year 2017.
12 pm
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Participate Passcode: 2436151
The Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will host this meeting of the Faith and Community ACA Coalition. Dr. Linda Wharton-Boyd, DC Health Benefits Exchange Authority’s Director of Communications, External Affairs and Strategic Stakeholder Engagement, will share her organization’s experience working with community members year-round on coverage and access to care needs. The coalition will also review the HHS draft “Year-Round Wellness Plan” and the HHS “Digital Event Young Adult Plan.”
Union Temple Baptist Church in partnership with DC Health Link and Anacostia Economic Development Corporation will host a free information session for small businesses, especially those located east of the river. The information session will provide businesses with resources on accessing capital, health insurance coverage options through DC Health Link, and opportunities for one on one counseling with SBA certified Small Business Counselors.
Call-in line: 1(866) 614-3018
Access code: 6378888#
New Bethel Baptist Church will host a community fair featuring free health screenings, food and entertainment. DC Health Link certified assisters will be on site to provide in-person education and enrollment assistance to District consumers as well as answer questions and provide information about Medicaid options and financial help with plan premiums. For more information about this event, please contact Lorraine Beard at (202) 276-1640 or [email protected]. For information about DC Health Link, please visit
The Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Events DC will host their eighth annual embassy celebration dinner series on Tuesday, September 27th at the Carnegie Library at Mt. Mount Vernon Square. This year, the GWHCC will honor Mari Carmen Aponte, the Acting Assistance Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs with the Public Service Award. During the event ambassadors and leaderships from the government and business community, will discuss the value and impact of local and international Hispanic community in the economy of Washington DC.
New Bethel Baptist Church will host a community fair featuring free health screenings, food and entertainment. DC Health Link certified assisters will be on site to provide in-person education and enrollment assistance to District consumers as well as answer questions and provide information about Medicaid options and financial help with plan premiums.
For more information about this event, please contact Lorraine Beard at (202) 276-1640 or [email protected].
The Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will host a business breakfast reception for its newest members to meet with government officials and the GWHCC team. Members will hear from Robert Shriver, DC Health Benefit Authority Director for Marketplace Innovation, Policy, and Operations about how their businesses and employees can benefit from DC Health Link, the District’s health insurance marketplace. For more information about this event, please contact Jason Elias González at (202) 728-0352.
Creative Nomads and House Studio DC is sponsoring Be Healthy – a pop up wellness weekend focused on the wellbeing and health of Arts Professionals. With so many icons passing away from health ailments, the sponsors aim to information and resources for emerging artists to live an active and healthy lifestyle which will enable to them to create better art, engage in more energetic performances, increase the vocal and musical abilities and lead an overall fuller life. Energizing fitness classes + interactive workshops will bring together arts professionals of all types.
