State health-care exchange up and running

Have you checked out the Connect for Health Colorado health-insurance shopping website? You can see what all the fuss is about at www.ConnectforHealthCO.com.

More than 34,500 people tried to look at the website in the first three hours after it opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, creating some glitches and slowdowns, according to state administrators.

Of the users who stuck it out on the first day, 1,300 created accounts to buy health insurance through the website, according to administrators.

In its first two days of operation, 107,000 people visited the state site, and 8,400 created accounts. About 6,400 computer…