As of the end of 2014, there are 27,753 new enrollees in qualified (private) health plans (QHP) through the Washington Healthplanfinder. An additional 79,318 have renewed their QHP coverage during the open enrollment period. Nine employers have signed up under the business plan. (See here for information on the Dec. 11 enrollment report.)

Although enrollment is open until Feb. 15, Dec. 23 was the deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1. As the Exchange noted in December, “Based on data from the first open enrollment period, enrollments are expected to surge considerably ahead of the Dec. 23 deadline.” Since there’s only one other data point, it’s hard to say whether new enrollments “surged,” but renewals certainly didn’t.

With a little over a month to go, the Exchange is still short of its goals. According to the Seattle Times,

So far only 80,000 of the 140,000 former customers that enrolled in the first enrollment have renewed their plans through the state, according to officials. Their goal is for 130,000 of their past customers to renew their coverage, plus they hope to sign up 85,000 new enrollees. . . .

Looking back at the enrollments during the first sign-up period, by the end of December 2013, some 67,000 people had purchased insurance through Washington’s exchange. But by the close of enrollment in March, more than 164,000 people were enrolled. The enrollment period is shorter this time, but Frey said they still expect to see a surge before the end.