Obamacare Website Overwhelmed by Demand

“The government website launched this week to sell health insurance was overwhelmed by up to five times as many users as it was designed to handle,” President Obama’s top technology adviser told USA Today.

Wall Street Journal: “Information technology experts who examined the healthcare.gov website at the request of The Wall Street Journal said the site appeared to be built on a sloppy software foundation. Such a hastily constructed website may not have been able to withstand the online demand last week.”

First Read: “Had it not been for the government shutdown, the big political story over the past week would have been about Obamacare and its website not being ready for primetime… How does the candidate who revolutionized how campaigns interact with potential voters whiff on this?”