Media Event TODAY: Gov. Kate Brown And Other Leaders To Kick Off Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace Open Enrollment TODAY -11/01/18

WHAT:
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon's U.S. senators, and representatives from the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace will announce the beginning of open enrollment today in Portland. A media availability will follow.

Open enrollment is the health insurance sign-up period for people who buy health insurance for themselves and their families. It runs from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15. For people who don’t get coverage through their job or another program, it is most likely the only time to sign up for 2019 health insurance and get help paying for coverage at HealthCare.gov.

WHEN:    
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018; 10-11 a.m.

WHERE:    
Asian Health & Service Center
9035 SE Foster Road Portland
Parking is available in the lot behind the building.

Reporters outside the Portland area, watch the livestream online:
Facebook.com/ORMarketplace

WHO:      
The speaker lineup for the event includes:
•    Gov. Kate Brown
•    U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
•    U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley
•    Holden Leung, chief executive officer, Asian Health & Service Center
•    Chiqui Flowers, administrator, Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace
•    Cameron Smith, director, Department of Consumer and Business Services
•    Sean Snyder, enrollment assister, Project Access NOW
•    Henri Cross, insurance agent, HE Cross Company

VISUALS:
Visual materials will be on display and provided on USB drives for media.

The Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace is the state-level partner to HealthCare.gov and a division of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). For more information go to OregonHealthCare.gov.

MEDIA RSVP: Email Elizabeth Cronen, elizabeth.m.cronen@oregon.gov