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388) Obama gave the prime contract for his Obamacare website to Michelle Obama’s college classmate

Instead of having the Obamacare website built by someone who was qualified, Obama had it built by CGI Federal, a company where Toni Townes-Whitley worked. She attended Princeton University with Michelle Obama.
 
399) The Obamacare website could not even handle “just a few hundred people” at the same time

The Washington Post reported that during testing, the Obamacare website could not even handle “just a few hundred people” at the same time.
 
400) The Obama administration blamed the Obamacare website problems on too much traffic

The he Washington Post reported that during testing, the Obamacare website could not even handle “just a few hundred people” at the same time.

In addition, CBS News quoted Luke Chung, an online database programmer who supported Obamacare, as saying the following: “It wasn’t designed well, it wasn’t implemented well, and it looks like nobody tested it. It’s not even close. It’s not even ready for beta testing. I would be ashamed and embarrassed if my organization delivered something like that.”
 
401) Health insurance cancellations outnumbered Obamacare enrollments

On October 24, 2013, it was reported that health insurance cancellations soared above Obamacare enrollment rates.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans who had purchased their own health insurance received cancellation notices because their plans do not meet Obamacare’s requirements.

The number of cancellation notices greatly exceeded the number of Obamacare enrollees.
 
402) Obama was still falsely claiming that people could keep their insurance on October 28, 2013

Even as late as October 28, 2013, Obama was still falsely claiming that people could keep their insurance if they liked it.
 
403) Obama's HHS Secretary falsely said that Obama didn't know about the Obamacare website’s problems before October 1, 2013

On October 22, 2013, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that Obama did not know about the Obamacare website’s problem’s before October 1, 2013.

However, on October 30, 2013, CNN admitted that Obama had known about the Obamacare website issues a month before it went online.

Obama refused to fire Sebelius.
 
404) Before Kathleen Sebelius botched the Obamacare website, she had failed before

In October 2013, it was reported that before Obama hired Kathleen Sebelius to run his Obamacare website, she had a long track record of failures as the governor of Kansas.

Kansas state representative Scott Schwab said: “We pretty much expected HealthCare.gov to fail, because she has a pattern of failing on these big initiatives.”

Obama refused to fire Sebelius.
 
405) Federal employees tested the Obamacare website and said it was fine

Federal employees who tested the Obamacare website before October 1, 2013, gave it their approval.
 
406) Obama claimed he was “mad” about the issues with his website

Obama said he was “mad” over the botched Obamacare website, but refused to fire anyone involved.
 
407) Obama's HHS Secretary said “I don’t work for” the people whose taxes paid her salary

On October 24, 2013, Obama's Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: “The majority of people calling for me to resign I would say are people who I don’t work for.”

Obama refused to fire Sebelius.
 
408) The highly-touted Obamacare website was an immediate failure

During the first 24 hours after the Obamacare website went online, it transpired that only six people were able to use the website to enroll in Obamacare.
 
409) Obama falsely blamed insurance companies for canceling policies that did not meet his own plans minimum requirements

Obamacare required all insurance policies to cover pre-existing conditions, maternity care, and treatment for heroin addiction.

Therefore, any policies that did not cover those things were outlawed by Obamacare.

The Washington Post admitted:

“Beginning Jan. 1, the new plans must cover 10 essential benefits including pediatric care, prescription drugs, mental-health services and maternity care. In general, policies that don’t offer those can’t be sold after 2013.”

However, when insurance companies obeyed the law, Obama blamed the resulting cancellations on the insurance companies.
 
410) The Obama administration told insurance company executives not to criticize Obamacare

On October 30, 2013, CNN reported that the Obama administration had told insurance company executives not to criticize Obamacare.
 
411) In July 2010, Obama knew that Obamacare would cause millions of people to lose their insurance

On October 28, 2013, NBC reported that in July 2010, Obama had known that Obamacare would cause millions of people to lose their insurance, but he continued to falsely say that they could keep it.
 
412) Obama claimed that America's healthcare would improve

On October 29, 2013, even CNN admitted that Obamacare covers only “a narrow network of doctors and hospitals.”
 
413) Obama knew about the defective Obamacare website a month before it went online, but he let it go online anyway

On October 30, 2013, CNN admitted that Obama had known about the defective Obamacare website's problems a month before it went online.
 
414) Valerie Jarrett falsely said “Nothing in Obamacare forces people out of their health plans”

However, the very next day...

CBS News has learned more than two million Americans have been told they cannot renew their current insurance policies — more than triple the number of people said to be buying insurance under the new Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
 
415) Kathleen Sebelius said the Obamacare website “has never crashed” at the same time that it was crashing

On October 30, 2013, while giving federal testimony on the Obamacare website, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that the Obamacare website “has never crashed.”

However, at the exact moment that Sebelius was making her statement, the Obamacare website said: “The system is down at the moment. We are experiencing technical difficulties and hope to have them resolved soon. Please try again later.”
 
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