ONE! One had “success” allegedly. That is such a big deal that White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz, who on Wednesday admitted that the White House is holding our memorials for ransom, gleefully retweeted it.
Obamacare glitches didn't stop one Colorado woman from finding health coverage options. http://t.co/0QMP8SAnXL
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 2, 2013
Bless.
Even more bless your heart-y? It appears that one woman didn’t even actually enroll nor obtain insurance:
Perl visited Connect for Health Colorado early Tuesday morning to comparison shop and avoided technical problems that some Coloradans found on the site by putting off creating an account for now, she said.
After learning more information, like whether her children can still see their current doctors, Perl wants to buy a plan for her kids by Nov. 15. “As a working mom, I don’t need anything extra at all to do in the holiday season,” she said.
The mad giggling just won’t end!
Citizens aren’t impressed. First, the healthcare.gov parody weighed in.
@JeffYoung @Sebelius Yes, indeed! The woman from Colorado was one of 7 people we were able to get signed up. 7 out of 4 million ain't bad!
— HealthCare_gov (@HealthCare_gov) October 3, 2013
Snicker.
.@JeffYoung Why don't you interview the millions who are finding out they can't afford the plans/getting kicked off their existing plans?
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 2, 2013
@camharris_us I haven't found one yet. I will when I do. But are you sure about "millions?" I haven't seen any data like that.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 2, 2013
Um. Real journalist, people! He hasn’t been able to find one of those mythical creatures. Even though, as Twitchy has reported, those mythical creatures are, you know, everywhere.
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@JeffYoung Oh, I know plenty who have been told their existing plans aren't good enough/premiums are going up. My dad is one of them
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 2, 2013
@JeffYoung @woodhouseb I still haven't been able to shop insurance @NYStateofHealth.
— Greg Crawford (@GregCrawford) October 2, 2013
@aspirational12 http://t.co/2Vk5Adb9Ib
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 3, 2013
@aspirational12 http://t.co/eNevVSXX0F
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 3, 2013
Ding, ding, ding! Since we are givers, we’ll help Mr. Young, master journalist, further:
- ‘Thanks to Obamacare’: Rep. Gardner opts out of federal health care, his insurance plan is canceled
- Hey, know what you get to ‘keep’ with Obamacare? Cancellation notices
- Health insurers to customers: If you like your plan, you can keep … nah, you’re screwed
You’re welcome.
@jbabcockmi Well 1) he can't get on the website because its crashed and 2) every calculator I have looked at shows around the same premium
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 3, 2013
@aspirational12 Yea, the President did when he said "if you like your plan you can keep it"
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 3, 2013
Yep!
Perhaps photographic evidence will help the intrepid reporter!
.@aspirational12 @JeffYoung Here is the letter my father received..premium increase of over 70% pic.twitter.com/4roUlwEuFT
— Cam Harris (@camharris_us) October 3, 2013
@camharris_us That helps but I would need to speak with him to understand what's changing besides the price and what the alternatives are.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
Nope! Still flummoxed. Words are so very hard. Even shiny pictures don’t help.
Young is also baffled by this:
So does anybody still believe the NY exchange got 10 million hits on its first day? http://t.co/1HL3C7ustK
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2013
@philipaklein I don't understand this. Are you saying they just lied?
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
What?! He doesn’t understand. It does not compute. Unicorns!
@JeffYoung Im saying CA news makes NY claim even less plausible.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2013
Indeed.
They can't count, but can run Obamacare: "Covered California Overstates Its Web Traffic"–not 5mil hits, only 645K. http://t.co/RMZc9docFf
— Larry Elder (@larryelder) October 3, 2013
@philipaklein @JeffYoung Do the people releasing and covering these numbers ever talk to web people who know how meaningless "hits" are?
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) October 3, 2013
@chessninja @philipaklein You realize that Phil and I both make our living writing on the web and use these metrics daily, right?
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
Don’t burst his precious little bubble, dude.
@JeffYoung @philipaklein Or is this a green lumber fallacy situation, where everybody agrees to use a metric without caring what it means?
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) October 3, 2013
@chessninja @philipaklein Why don't you just go on believing you're the smartest guy in the room and leave us alone?
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
Waah! But back to this perplexing implausible thing:
@philipaklein The CEO of NY's exchange called the traffic "abnormal" and says she's "investigating" it. You're insinuating they exaggerated.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
Oh, well. Case closed!
@JeffYoung they clearly had no problem spinning the high number as evidence of overwhelming demand.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 3, 2013
@philipaklein Not if you read their press release.
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
Sigh.
And still more incomprehensible questions:
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385578850081468416
Hmm. Funny that. But, hey, no worries. That’s not important:
@petersuderman @abbygoodnough What is your point, anyway? Is your theory that zero people will ever buy health insurance?
— Jeffrey Young (@JeffYoung) October 3, 2013
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385584908254453760
Whatever! That’s neither here nor there. What really matters is that Obama is awesome.
https://twitter.com/petersuderman/status/385585164773912576
Ha! Clearly that’s not a job for a “real journalist.” Their pom-poms seem to interfere with actual reporting.
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