More exchange numbers trickle in

Connect for Health Colorado says it processed 3,164 completed applications for commercial coverage from Oct. 1 through Oct. 26. The state also enrolled 44,000 residents in Medicaid through a separate process. A few weeks earlier, the state reported it had received about 8,000 coverage applications.

Access Health CT says it enrolled 7,615 people in exchange plans in October, and that 4,065 of those people enrolled in private plans, rather than Medicaid.

In New Mexico, which is running its own small-group exchange but not its individual one, the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange says 824 small businesses have started applications.

States have not yet standardized how they report exchange activity data, but all state-based exchanges combined have reported receiving a total of about 528,000 individual coverage applications, and Colorado has reported enrolling about 3,000 people in commercial coverage.

If the HHS application total of “almost 700,000” completed applications means 660,000 to 699,000, then subtracting 531,000 from 699,000 suggests that the HHS exchanges may have received a total of fewer than 168,000 completed applications and may have received closer to 130,000 applications.

 * Enrollees.

See also:

• California, Washington release exchange activity updates
• States post exchange activity data
• Exchanges post more numbers