Despite a huge number of reports of technical failures that kept people from creating accounts at HealthCare.gov the last three days, Mediaite notes that one lucky winner of the health insurance exchange lottery was Chad Henderson, who was interviewed about that miraculous development by virtually every media outlet in America. As he wrote on Facebook:
I’ve now been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post,Chattanooga Times Free Press, The Huffington Post, Enroll America, and POLITICO!! Those stories will be published in the coming days. I have a press conference call with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services later tonight. Also, local folks….. my interview with Kimberly Barbour WRCB-TV will be aired TONIGHT at 5:30pm on WRCB Channel 3 Eyewitness News so be sure to check it out thanks for all your support!
Wow, that’s a lot more coverage than most people were able to score from a visit to the broken health insurance exchange website. Another amazing coincidence: Henderson lists himself on LinkedIn as an Organizing for America (i.e., @BarackObama) volunteer working to continue the president’s agenda.
It’s not fair to say that Henderson is the only person to sign up successfully; some guy named Ian got through as well. But man, that is a lot of media interest in just one guy, especially considering the White House was crowing about 4.7 million unique visitors to HealthCare.gov.
Henderson promises that he’s not a paid spokesman for Obamacare; that was just a joke LOL.
I found one!! Meet Chad Henderson, who has in fact bought health insurance on the federal marketplace. http://t.co/HOoxbcOsAL
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) October 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/TFranklin99/status/385883996803985411
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385886617623597056
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385877977264709633
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385878666573799424
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385879861467684865
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385879926848507904
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385881198406684672
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385806686239207424
.@ChadHenderson Now that's what I call a #humblebrag. @Sebelius
— James Taranto (@jamestaranto) October 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385889578068217856
https://twitter.com/TheAmishDude/status/385891127468900352
A screenshot for posterity:
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/385913045110644736
https://twitter.com/ChadHenderson/status/385915158201393152
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/385915513844424704
What are talking points? And why does it matter that one “success” story is garnering such an undue level of attention?
.@ChadHenderson don't sweat the haters. You played your part well in service to the Collective. #forward! #PowerToTheState @JammieWF
— Lefty Bollocks (@LeftyBollocks) October 3, 2013
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Update:
https://twitter.com/BaracksMedia/status/385981305810194432
https://twitter.com/BaracksMedia/status/385981920086999040
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