This might just be the single worst news day of the year for the Obama administration, and it may be self-inflicted:
With less than two hours to go before President Obama is scheduled to give his year-end news conference, people are not able to apply for health insurance on HealthCare.gov.
The home page is still present, but when one tries to apply for a health plan, the site says the “system is down.” A message on the screen says it is part of “scheduled maintenance.”
Scheduled maintenance? It seems so:
Time Stamp. pic.twitter.com/ilqdOejjSm
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) December 20, 2013
#Dec23 RT @AaronBlakeWP: …Aaaannddd Healthcare(dot)gov is down http://t.co/rUt3v7JVwc
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 20, 2013
That “scheduled maintenance” came just after OFA tweeted this over its “Barack Obama” account:
December 23rd is just around the corner. Find out why that's important: http://t.co/Sm4ZHxvLVL #Dec23
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 20, 2013
Nice work!
