bonnie Posted October 4, 2013 Posted October 4, 2013 October 4, 2013 Poster Boy for Obamacare Website Launch Is a Ringer Thomas Lifson What's a leftist to do when a cherished program fails embarrassingly? Of course, create a phantom success, and publicize it relentlessly. And that is exactly what has happened with the disastrous launch of Healthcare.gov and the assorted state websites intended to enroll people in Obamacare. Obamacare found its poster boy for "success" in one Chad Henderson, who claims to have successfully enrolled where others have encountered nothing but frustration. As Chad wrote on his Facebook page: 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! As Twtichy noted: 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. In fact, as it turns out, Chad has a long history as an Obama activist. The left is able to acquire and hold political power solely because it has mastered the techniques and controls the organs of propaganda. It works in the short run, and the startegy always is to distract the public with something else before the truth comes out. Hwoever, the problems with Obamacare aren't going to go away. If the media who publicized Chad's purported success had any integrity they would reveal he is a plant. But don't hold your breath. Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013...l#ixzz2gn9bnIh8 Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
bonnie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Posted October 4, 2013 Obamacare Poster Boy Hasn't Actually Enrolled in Obamacare Conn Carroll | Oct 04, 2013 Conn Carroll Recommend this article Recommend 14 Tweet 28 3 Shortly before 7 PM on Tuesday, the first day online enrollment was available, Obama for American volunteer Chad Henderson tweeted out: "Enrolled in #Obamacare just now! Looking forward to having affordable healthcare for the first time!" Chad also included the twitter handles of some local news media organizations to ensure that the Georgia native's announcement would get attention. And it did. The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post all interviewed Chad. There's just one problem. His story isn't true. Doubt's about Chad's account began today when Reason health care write Peter Suderman reported that, contra Chad's claims, Chad's dad Bill, had not signed up for a health care plan. "We haven’t decided which plans to enroll in yet," Bill told Suderman. Now The Washington Post's Sara Kliff has circled back with Chad, who has recanted half of his story: Sarah Kliff: So let me make sure I understand things right here. You went through the part of the website where you entered in your information and found out what you qualified for, and that's done. And you got to the part where you can compare plans, but you have not purchased a plan? Chad Henderson: We have not purchased a specific.The application has information and once you submit it, it reviews eligibility. Obviously I'm not eligible for Medicaid because our governor isn't expanding it. And that’s what I meant by enrollment. I had assumed that I never said I purchased a plan or enrolled in marketplace. I’m not backing down on my comments. I have not misled anyone. Sarah Kliff: I think where a lot of us got confused is you said you had enrolled in a plan when you haven't purchased a health plan. You told us the amount of the premium you were going to pay. Chad Henderson: I understand that. I was giving you guys a number as to what I’m choosing. But here is what Chad told multiple outlets Tuesday, including The Post. "I had to wait like everybody else," he said. "Millions of people apparently got on the Web site. It took me til about 3 a.m. to create an account. That was probably the longest thing. After creating an account and getting logged in, it was pretty smooth sailing." But if all Chad did Tuesday was submit an application, and he still has not actually enrolled in a specific plan yet, then what exactly "was pretty smooth sailing"? And if it took him till 3AM to create an account, why the tweet at 7 PM? Considering how much of President Obama's autobiography turned out to be complete fiction, it is quite fitting that the story of the first person enrolled in his health care plan is fiction too. Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
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