Asheville Residents Avoid Healthcare Enrollment Delays and Get Questions Answered Fast!

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Oct. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Within a few days of the rollout of the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Healthcare.gov website began to experience technical problems. That’s because the server running the federal exchange website, which was designed to accommodate 60,000 simultaneous users, received as many as 250,000 visits at one time after its launch on October 1, 2013, according to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, as reported by USA Today.

While visitors to the Federal exchange portal received error messages, or were directed to a waiting room where they were thanked for waiting patiently for their turn to access the system, many residents in Asheville, NC opted to skip the virtual lines and receive real-time assistance.

On October 5, 2013 the WNC Health Insurance / The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina® Store opened its doors to residents eager to get answers to their questions and enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace.

“As soon as we opened our doors we had people walking in with questions about finding affordable health insurance in North Carolina. Many of them mentioned that they had tried to use the Healthcare.gov website with no success,” said Josh Williams, CEO and President of WNC Health Insurance. “They were really relieved to have somewhere they could go and get answers in person.”

The Health Insurance Marketplace in North Carolina is federally run, so there is no separate state exchange website. That leaves North Carolinians who are looking to purchase insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace with the option of trying to go it alone through crowded federal avenues (Healthcare.gov and federal toll-free phone numbers), or seeking out personal assistance from an insurance professional or broker.

WNC Health Insurance / The Asheville Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina® Store offers personal advisors who walk visitors through the insurance-buying process step-by-step – all at no extra charge to the customer.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina® (BCBSNC) is offering subsidized insurance plans in all 100 counties in North Carolina. For additional information on finding affordable health insurance, visit: http://www.wnchealthinsurance.com or visit the retail store at the location below.

WNC Health Insurance / The Asheville Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina® Store
1854 Hendersonville Road, Suite C
Asheville, NC 28803