By the end of November, nearly 365,000 individuals selected health plans through the state and federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces, HHS has announced.
That includes 227,478 people who have selected a plan through the state-based health insurance exchanges and 137,204 individuals who have chosen plans through the federal exchange. Additionally, 803,077 people were determined or assessed as eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program through the exchanges, according to HHS.
During the first month of open enrollment, HHS reported 106,185 people completed applications and selected a marketplace health plan through the exchanges, including 79,391 enrolled through the state exchanges and 26,794 enrolled through the federal health insurance exchange site.
Since its launch last month, the federal exchange website has experienced numerous technical issues, such as people not being able to create accounts, frustrating consumers and drawing criticism from the healthcare reform law's opponents. However, federal have made "substantial progress" in repairing HealthCare.gov, which can now support 50,000 users at a time, according to an HHS progress report.
"Evidence of the technical improvements to HealthCare.gov can be seen in the enrollment numbers," Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a news release. "More and more Americans are finding that quality, affordable coverage is within reach and that they'll no longer need to worry about barriers they may have faced in the past — like being denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition."
More Articles on HealthCare.gov:
White House: Reports of HealthCare.gov Application Issues False
HHS: HealthCare.gov Can Now Support 50K Concurrent Users
Officials: HealthCare.gov Has Made "Dramatic Progress"