CBS News headline, October 31.

Unlike HealthCare.gov, Washington state’s health insurance exchange appears to be working well

Seattle Times headline, October 25.

Thousands get wrong subsidies data from state health exchange

Why would some of the state sites, such was Washington state, be working more smoothly than healthcare.gov? Perhaps they do not rely as much on national government databases to verify identity. It seems that the Washington state site asks for motor vehicle information, suggesting that they use their motor vehicle database as a way to check identity.