WEBINAR AGENDA
Hosted by the National Women’s Law Center
February 9, 2012
3:00 p.m. Eastern
1. Welcome & Introductions
Introduction
- Dania Palanker, Senior Health Policy Advisor at the National Women’s Law Center
2. Role of Agents and Brokers in Health Insurance Exchanges
There are lots of discussions in state capitols across the country around what, if any, role agents and brokers will have in the health insurance exchanges. We will be joined by an expert on the role of agents and brokers to discuss the role agents and brokers play in the current individual and small group insurance markets, what role they may play in 2014, and what sort of principles state advocates should consider when discussing the role of agents and brokers.
- Dave Chandra (chandra@cbpp.org), Senior Policy Analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
3. Role of Navigators in Health Insurance Exchanges
A crucial element to the success of the exchanges is the role of navigators — entities that will receive grants to help people understand their options and obtain health coverage. We will talk about the specific role navigators can play to help women receive coverage.
- Anna Benyo, Senior Health Policy Analyst at the National Women’s Law Center
4. Federal Regulatory Update and Coverage for Contraception
There has been a lot of federal activity on implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Dania Palanker will provide a quite overview of recent and expected federal regulatory activity on the Affordable Care Act and Leila Abolfazli will discuss the requirement under the preventive services provision that plans provide access to contraceptive services with no cost sharing.
- Dania Palanker, Senior Health Policy Advisor at the National Women’s Law Center
- Leila Abolfazli, Counsel at the National Women’s Law Center
5. Updates, announcements, future calls:
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Materials for the Call: