Colo. health exchange gets 55K visitors so far

Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s health insurance exchange mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, launched Tuesday along with the rest of the country’s exchanges, and had seen 55,500 unique visitors as of 3:15 p.m

The exchange launched at 8 a.m., and users created 1,450 new accounts as of mid-afternoon. The site’s shopping web page experienced 100,000 page views per hour.

“We’re very pleased with our progress today and the strong interest that we’ve seen from consumers,´ said Patty Fonteau, CEO of Connect for Health Colorado in a statement. “Thousands of Coloradans have already begun learning about their new…