Here’s what you need to know.
1. The health system was “jammed” with automated calls that made it inaccessible to several people looking to enroll. County sites and MNsure were also down but the reason why was unspecified.
2. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said to the Bulletin, “There [are] some people out there who want it to work as badly as possibly.”
3. The state is investigating the source of the disruptions, but has no evidence to their cause currently.
4. County sites were returned to full operation around noon, and MNsure was back online in the evening.
5. The site’s first day traffic was large as almost 50,000 people visited the website by 1 p.m. Only 3,400 purchased policies, however.
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