Massachusetts: Tack another 1,500 onto the QHP pile: Estimate of 17.5K to date

This may seem a bit anticlimactic after this morning's Healthcare.Gov news, but it actually just serves to underscore how great the 2015 open enrollment period is doing so far:

Again, assuming roughly 50% of all QHP determinations are already resulting in plan selections the same day (which was consistent for at least the first 8 days), this means that total QHP selections should be roughly: 16,186 + 3,770 + 15,562 = 35,518 x 0.5 = 17,759. Lop off a couple hundred to err on the side of caution and Massachusetts should have roughly 17,500 or more QHPs selected already.

Once again: In 2014 they only hit 32K total in 6.5 months.

Meanwhile, ACA Medicaid can claim credit for nearly 31,000 more people being added to the tally.