Exchange sites speed up

Having 12 of the 15 sites working reasonably smoothly seemed to be an improvement from Wednesday, when another organization, the Advisory Board, conducted a similar test and found that only seven of the 15 sites seemed to be working.

A number of sites repelled curious consumers by requiring visitors to create accounts simply to see lists of available plans. Others, such as the Nevada exchange site and the Vermont Health Connect site, let visitors check out a list of available plans enter a limited amount of data, such as age and income, and see a plan menu without creating an account.

When a reporter tried to get through the Cover Oregon individual coverage application screening process, the system crashed and returned an “Oracle Access Manager Operation Error.”

Here’s a list of the state-based sites:

• Covered California
• Connect for Health Colorado
• Connecticut - Access Health CT
• District of Columbia - DC Health Link
• Hawaii Health Connector
• Kentucky - kynect
• Maryland Health Connection
• Massachusetts Health Connector
• Minnesota - MNsure 
• Nevada Health Link
• New York - NY State of Health
• Oregon - Cover Oregon
• Rhode Island - HealthSourceRI
• Vermont Health Connect
• Washington Plan Finder

See also: 

• Traffic slams exchange websites
• Web traffic jam hampers federal exchanges
• PPACA exchanges open to surge of new customers