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Should we move open enrollment season?

Would our health care system be more successful and draw more people if we simply moved open enrollment?

By Kathryn Mayer | Updated on June 30, 2014

Would our health care system be more successful and draw more people into it if we simply moved open enrollment?

That’s what some researchers suggest. In a study published in Health Affairs, they suggest switching the open enrollment period from around the holiday season — a time of financial and other stress — to line up with a less stressful time of the year. The ideal time, they suggest, would be right after spring, when people are worrying less about holiday plans, buying Christmas gifts, and other end-of-year expenses, and also, importantly, after consumers get their tax refund.

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