By Gintautas Dumcius <\/p>\n
State House News Service <\/p>\n
BOSTON -- The state's revamped health-care website has seen 1.5 million unique visits in the last four weeks, a number that is expected to grow given the looming Tuesday deadline for people to pick a health-care plan and pay for it, state officials said. <\/p>\n
The deadline applies to Massachusetts residents who need health insurance starting on Jan. 1. <\/p>\n
The site has enrolled 114,321 people, including 98,530 into Medicaid, or MassHealth, since the re-launch. <\/p>\n
The health-care website system has had \"no outages\" contributing to a \"night and day\" experience for consumers compared to last year's poor performance, according to Maydad Cohen, who was tapped by Gov. Deval Patrick to overhaul the website. <\/p>\n
Cohen said the information-technology costs for the rebuild of the website are still within the $254 million budget for the project, paid for largely through grants from the federal government. <\/p>\n
Cohen released data showing that 53,490 people found eligible for qualified health plans selected or paid for a plan. So far, 18,187 people have paid premiums for plans that begin on Jan. 1. <\/p>\n
The Health Connector is open today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to assist consumers using the website. Cohen said they expect heavy call volume and wait times on Monday and Tuesday, ahead of the Tuesday deadline to pick and pay for a plan effective Jan. 1. <\/p>\n
Health-care officials have put out mailers and robo-calls to reach out to potentially eligible residents. <\/p>\n
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