Several online health care exchanges got the opening night jitters on Tuesday, but three – Maryland, Minnesota and Hawaii – had total outages. Those who tried to sign on to investigate and possibly join a plan through the Obamacare marketplace in Maryland just plain had to wait.
“I’ve been hearing some of the exchanges are working OK and some are having glitches, but it definitely seems like there was a good response,” says Julie Stich, director of research at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.