Regulations

Open Enrollment Ends: 11.4 Million Signed Up

By Robert Sheen | February 18, 2015

When the Act open ended Feb. 15, about 11.4 million consumers had selected or were automatically re-enrolled through or state-based marketplaces, the Department and Human Services (HHS) reported.

the 11.4 million, 8.6 million consumers selected a plan or were automatically re-enrolled in the 37 states that use the platform. Preliminary data from state marketplaces show that about 2.8 million consumers got in those states. HHS said it will release more detailed state information as it becomes available.

During the Feb. 7 to Feb. 15, 1.05 million were selected, and 1.5 million applications were submitted. That brought the total number plan selections to 8.8 million since opened Nov. 15, 2014, and 12.2 million applications submitted.

About 200,000 individuals who had in 2014 were not permitted to continue their policies through the federal because they failed to provide documentation citizenship or immigration status, HHS said.

The site was visited by more than 6.1 million consumers during the final , bringing the total to 32.5 million since opened. Nearly 227,000 visited the Spanish-language CuidadodeSalude.gov site in the final , for a total almost 1.4 million since opened.

More than 2.2 million consumers contacted the call center during the most recent . They waited an average nearly 23 minutes hold. About 275,000 callers seeking a Spanish-speaking representative spent about six and a half minutes hold.

Nearly 1.2 million visitors used the “window shopping” tool during the to explore available to them. More than 65,000 window-shopped CuidadodeSalud.gov.

HHS releases weekly snapshots preliminary data drawn from the federal exchange, or , and callers to the federal call center at 800-318-2596.

plan selections for states using the platform for the include:

Alabama 168,816
Alaska 20,897
Arizona 204,187
Arkansas 64,947
Delaware 24,887
Florida 1,600,006
Georgia 536,929
Illinois 347,0
Indiana 218,617
Iowa 45,399
Kansas 96,226
Louisiana 184,532
Maine 74,792
Michigan 340,5
Mississippi 103,601
Missouri 253,969
Montana 54,346
Nebraska 74,124
Nevada 72,127
New Hampshire 52,944
New Jersey 252,792
New Mexico 51,857
North Carolina 559,473
North Dakota 18,125
Ohio 234,507
Oklahoma 124,838
Oregon 110,228
Pennsylvania 471,9
South Carolina 209,773
South Dakota 21,183
Tennessee 229,093
Texas 1,189,316
Utah 140,221
Virginia 384,612
West Virginia 33,091
Wisconsin 205,839
Wyoming 21,148

The 13 snapshot also included plan section by selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs):

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 756,137
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 353,879
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 334,467
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 317,223
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 282,424
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
(PA, NJ, and DE portions MSA only) 
248,265
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
(NJ and PA portions MSA only)
192,481
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 192,881
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 174,675
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 157,068
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
(VA and WV portions MSA only)
151,1
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 144,163
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 139,037
St. Louis, MO-IL 112,118
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 110,805
Austin-Round Rock, TX 101,244
Kansas City, MO-KS 85,785
Pittsburgh, PA 78,840
Jacksonville, FL 80,256
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 73,917
Raleigh, NC 70,318
Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN 69,051
Richmond, VA 64,293
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 64,211
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 62,872
Salt Lake City, UT 54,207
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 52,115
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
(OR portion MSA only)
52,769
Oklahoma City, OK 50,110
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 47,388
El Paso, TX 54,117
Greensboro- Point, NC 45,473
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 50,068
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL 44,072
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 44,068
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 39,472
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 39,339
Columbus, OH 38,780
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
(OH and IN portions MSA only)
37,639
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 33,244
Baton Rouge, LA 37,154
Tucson, AZ 31,612
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ,298
Tulsa, OK 32,101
Knoxville, TN 29,446
Columbia, SC 32,493
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 34,241
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 28,125
Albuquerque, NM 22,176
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
(NH portion MSA only)
16,894
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 15,681
Dayton, OH 14,518
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
(IN portion MSA only)
7,703
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
(WI portion MSA only)
4,176

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