SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico officials say 170 businesses signed up for health insurance for their workers on the opening day of a stateun online marketplace. However, individuals faced problems with a federal health insurance exchange that three dozen states, including New Mexico, relied upon for their enrollment.
New Mexico exchange executive director Mike Nunez said it was “great day'' for the opening of the stateun exchange for small businesses. But Nunez acknowledged that individuals had difficulty accessing the federal exchange and also encountered long wait time if they called a federal toll-free number for assistance.
Nunez said a stateun call center had an average wait time of not quite two and a half minutes.
