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Nearly 350,000 Enroll in Coverage through Washington Healthplanfinder

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Healthplanfinder today announced that 345,158 Washingtonians have newly enrolled in private health coverage or Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) since Oct. 1. More than 88,000 residents have now enrolled in private health plans.
Nearly 260,000 individuals who have been previously covered through Apple Health have renewed their coverage through wahealthplanfinder.org for a total of more than 600,000 residents.
Updated enrollment numbers from Oct. 1 to Jan. 30 are included below.

Web and Call Center Data
Unique Visitors

1,385,272

Accounts Created

396,193

Call Center Volume (Jan. to-date)

118,104

Avg. Initial Call Center Wait Time (Jan. to-date)

2 min

Avg. Wait Time after Call Menu Selection* (Jan. to-date)

40 min

Enrollments Completed
Qualified Health Plans

88,071

Medicaid Newly Eligible Adults

172,715

Medicaid Previously Eligible but not Enrolled

84,372

Medicaid Redeterminations (Previously Covered)

259,817

Total

    604,975

In-Process Applications
Qualified Health Plan Applicants – Need to Pay

87,524

Application Status Legend
Qualified Health Plans: Includes individuals who have selected and submitted payment for a qualified health plan (private health plan).
Medicaid Newly Eligible Adults: Includes newly eligible individuals who have qualified and enrolled in a Medicaid plan under the Medicaid expansion and does not include those who have transitioned from other Medicaid programs.
Medicaid Previously Eligible but not Enrolled: Includes individuals (children, pregnant women, low-income families) who are newly enrolling but were eligible under old Medicaid eligibility rules. 
Medicaid Redeterminations: Includes individuals who were already enrolled in a Medicaid program and have had their eligibility status converted, re-determined or renewed through Washington Healthplanfinder as opposed to newly determined.
QHP (Need to Pay): Includes individuals who have completed an application for a Qualified Health Plan that is awaiting payment.
Medicaid note: Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) does not have an open enrollment period.  Individuals and families will be able to apply and complete their renewals via www.wahealthplanfinder.org throughout the year. Questions about Healthplanfinder should be directed to the toll-free Customer Support Center at 1-855-WAFINDER; Apple Health questions can be directed to the toll-free hot line at 1-800-562-3022 or emailed to [email protected]
For more information about Washington Healthplanfinder and to enroll in health coverage, please visit www.wahealthplanfinder.org.