FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Nearly 175,000 people have gone online to visit the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange to review information about health insurance coverage.

Gov. Steve Beshear's office said in a news release Monday that nearly 7,000 of those people have purchased health insurance policies that will go into effect on Jan. 1.

Kentucky launched the health benefit exchange, an online marketplace for people shopping for insurance coverage, last Tuesday.

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