Chicago – A stronger than expected showing for the Get Covered Illinois website, GetCoveredIllinois.gov, dominated the State’s storyline on the opening day of the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. The following is an operational update:
WEBSITE:
The Get Covered Illinois website opened on time at 12:00 a.m. Monday, October 1. As of 3:30 p.m. CST, more than 69,840 visitors had come to the online marketplace. 65,043 of them were unique visitors; and the page views totaled more than 412,580, with visitors viewing an average of six page views per visit.
“With a project of this magnitude, there was no accurate way to predict what our web traffic would be,” offered Jennifer Koehler, Executive Director of Get Covered Illinois. “But with that said, today’s numbers certainly validate the strong interest in healthcare in Illinois, and we’re glad to be able to service it. It also validates our strategy of education, since all this has come with basically no advertising. So we are overall very, very pleased.”
Only a handful of early and minor glitches were reported, impacting a very limited number of consumers. All minor glitches were reported and fixed by early afternoon. “The site has performed incredibly well, the way we designed it to,” added Koehler.
Additionally, the State received more than 1,100 online applications submitted on the ABE (Application Benefits Exchange) portion of the Get Covered Illinois site.
HELP DESK:
The Help Desk received more than 350 calls as of 3:30 p.m. Calls were answered in an average speed of six seconds, and callers were on line with Help Desk specialist an average of six minutes.
FIELD OPERATIONS:
There is steady interest, as judged by customers at our grantee community organizations today. Most consumers are reportedly doing exactly as State officials hoped – coming in to be introduced to the process, the website, the Navigators and making appointments over the next few weeks as they become educated themselves on the site, and come back with prepared questions, and more ready to enroll.
“We know this is not nearly the same as buying a gallon of milk, a new pair of shoes, or anything in daily life,” said Director of Outreach Brian Gorman. “Shopping for health insurance is brand new for more than a million Illinois residents, and it will take education and time to get comfortable with this new process. But we are thrilled to see, today that process of understanding the right plan for them and their families started in earnest in locations all across Illinois. Consumers responded to our ask – which was to meet their community partners, understand the resources available and get an appointment when they are ready to get covered.”
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