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Linda Wharton Boyd: (202) 351-9777; [email protected]

(Washington, DC) – Today, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority (HBX) Executive Director Mila Kofman announces that Luis Vasquez is rejoining HBX in a new role, Director of Business Development. As a member of the HBX Senior Leadership Team, Vasquez will lead DC Health Link’s business development and retention to support District small businesses and non-profits on DC Health Link. DC Health Link covers approximately 5,300 District employers providing health insurance to their employees. He will also work closely with the Hispanic and Latinx communities and serve as HBX’s spokesperson with Spanish-language media.

“We are excited to welcome Luis back to HBX,” said Executive Director Mila Kofman. “With a deep understanding of how DC Health Link Online Marketplace for Business works for small businesses and non-profits, Luis is well positioned to lead our efforts on business development and retention to support our services to District employers.”

Vasquez most recently served as Senior Advisor to the Director of Healthcare and Insurance at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, and prior to that served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

About DC Health Link: DC Health Link is the District’s Affordable Care Act online health insurance marketplace managed by the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority. There are approximately 5,300 District employers on DC Health Link. With the purchasing power of 100,000 people (similar to large employers), DC Health Link has 171 competitively priced health plan options from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente, and United Healthcare Group for District small businesses and non-profits. Health plan options include PPO, HMO, and POS plans with nationwide and local provider networks so employers with employees who live in other states and employers with workers in the region all have access to affordable quality coverage.