Covered California Enrollment Stats: Week 2

In a press release late Tuesday afternoon, Covered California announced that consumer interest remains strong for health insurance offered through the Covered California Marketplace.  Its website, CoveredCA.com, had more than 1.5 million unique visits during the first two weeks of open enrollment.  Over 100,000 calls were made to the Service Center and about 94,500 applications were started.

Weekly Report	Oct. 1-5	Oct. 6-12	Cumulative
Unique visits to CoveredCA.com	986,705	602,539	1,589,244
Total call volume	59,003	45,785	104,788
Average wait time	15:08	1:55
Average handling time	16:48	14:36

In addition, over 17,700 insurance agents have registered for certification to sell Covered California health insurance plans. 

Individuals and small businesses can purchase competitively priced health plans through March 2014.