Opening Week of Health Exchanges - New York Times

CALIFORNIA

The exchange had more than 514,000 unique visitors on its Web site, and 7,700 applications were started on opening day.

COLORADO

The exchange saw 8,400 accounts created during the first two days, and its Web site is averaging about 50,000 unique visitors a day.

WASHINGTON

The Web site was taken offline for much of the first day, but running more smoothly by Thursday. More than 28,000 accounts had been created by Friday.

OREGON

The exchange will not be accepting applications for another week or two. On Tuesday, the Web site had 68,000 unique visitors.

KENTUCKY

Nearly 5,000 individuals or families have enrolled for coverage, and more than 10,000 have completed applications.

MINNESOTA

Some users had trouble signing up, but by Friday, 4,400 Minnesotans had created accounts.

RHODE ISLAND

A surge of traffic caused the Web site to crash briefly on Tuesday. By Friday, 580 applications had been processed and 2,929 accounts created.

MASSACHUSETTS

Nearly 7,000 accounts had been created by Friday. But the exchange is currently unable to provide subsidy or Medicaid information.

MARYLAND

The Web site was disconnected several times on Tuesday. Enrollment counselors said they had to resort to paper applications during the first days because the site remained slow.

VERMONT

By Tuesday afternoon, the Web site had 8,500 unique visitors.

NEW YORK

The exchange doubled its server capacity on Wednesday after a surge of traffic overwhelmed its Web site. Nearly 65,500 people had actively shopped for plans as of Friday.

CONNECTICUT

The exchange had 96,738 visitors and had processed 1,017 applications as of Friday. The most expensive tier of plans is not currently being offered.

HAWAII

The Web site had nearly 20,000 unique visits on the first day. But users cannot yet compare plan prices or get their exact subsidy amount.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

More than 4,000 individuals and families created accounts on opening day. While people can apply for subsidies, the exact amount will be e-mailed to them in early November.

NEVADA

As of noon on Wednesday, 18,806 people had created accounts on the Web site.

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico runs the exchange for employers but uses the federal exchange for individuals and families. By Friday afternoon, 428 employers had signed up.

IDAHO

Though the exchange is run by the state, all applications will be routed through the federal system for the next year or two.