Obamacare: A detailed look at milestones and social media conversations

OBAMACARE SOCIAL MEDIA TIMELINE: a detailed look at milestones and trending conversations online 09/01 - 12/31 ONLINE NEWS 1.6M 1.4M 1.2M 1M 800K 600K 400K 200K 200K 400K 600K 800K 1M 1.2M 1.4M 1.6M 09.02 09.05 f 09.03 Freedomiworts FREEDOMWORKS 09.04 "Share" if you want to defund the costly Obamacare train wreck. 09.05 09.06 09.07 09.08 09.12 SARAH PALIN Remember when President Obama promised us, 09.09 09.10 "If you like your current health care plan, you can keep your plan?" That was not true, and his deceptive claim falls in line with all the other lies about Obamacare - like there'd be no health care rationing. 09.11 09.12 09.13 09.20 @BARACKOBAMA They actually did it: The House just passed a resolution that risks a goverment shutdown to defund Obamacare. 09.14 09.15 09.16 09.17 09.20 09.18 FREEDOMWORKS FreedomWorks 09.19 Join the House and defund Obamacare. 09.20 09.21 09.24 @CHARLESPGARCIA Examiner Editorial: America suffering ills Obamacare was promised to fix. 09.22 09.27 09.23 "Those marketplaces will be open for business on Tuesday, no matter what, even if there's a 09.24 09.25 RAND PAUL "Why doesn't the president voluntarily take Obamacare?" 09.25 government shutdown. That's a done deal." 09.26 PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA 09.30 09.27 BARACK OBAMA A group of Republicans in the House of Representatives is hours away from shutting down the government over Obamacare. 10.1 09.28 Healthcare.gov launches. 09.29 09.30 Government shutdown begins. 10.01 10.02 10.01 BARACK OBAМА Obamacare is here and the new 10.03 health insurance marketplace is open for business. Join the team that's going to thelp make sure the law is a success. 10.04 10.01 @BARACKOBAMA They actually did it. A group of Republicans in the House just forced a governemnt shutdown over Obamacare instead of passing a real budget. 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.16 10.08 10.03 @BARACKOBAМА Government shutdown ends. 10.09 Take note @Obamacare is here to stay. 10.10 10.10 MIKE HUCKABEE Only a handful of peopie have gotten through the Obamacare websites to an insurance price quote, but many who have are spitting mad. They were promised they could keep their coverage and it would cost less. 10.11 10.12 10.21 10.13 Obama makes speech in White House Rose Garden to discuss the website and enrollment process. 10.14 10.16 ALLEN WEST Obamacare is not the law of the land. It is an edict handed down by a tyrant, not a President. 10.15 10.24 10.16 Federal contractors blamed administration for allowing people to create accounts before they could browse health plans. 10.17 10.16 10.18 @IOWAHAWKBLOG I bet a friend a 6 pack of Schlitz more people will RT this than enrolled at the Obamacare website. (6,241 retweets) 10.27 10.19 Healthcare.gov crashes. 10.20 10.21 10.21 10.28 Freedomks FREEDOMWORKS 10.22 Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) introduces Keep your Health Plan Act of 2013. Harry Reid called Ted Cruz a “laughingstock" for leading the fight to defund Obamacare. "share" if you know it was Harry Reid who shut down the government. 10.23 10.29 10.24 10.25 Marilyn Tavenner testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on the fail launch of Healthcare.gov and assures the public it can be fixed. 10.26 10.27 10.31 10.31 10.28 Heathcare.gov crashes during Secretary Julie Bataille, Director of Communications for CMS, announces via blog that the website team will bring on personnel from companies such as Oracle, Google, and Red Hat to assist @JAMESSHANING I proudly stand with @BarackObama on seeing #Obamacare through, understanding there are improvements to be debated, but we cannot go back. Kathleen Sebelius's testimony to the House 10,29 Energy and Commerce panel. Sebelius tells the panel, "Hold me accountable for the debacle. I am responsible." 10.30 with site maintenance. 10.31 11.03 11.01 11.06 @SENTEDCRUZ RETWEET if you agree Obamacare is a disaster and should be repealed entirely! #MakeDCListen. 11.06 HHS announces healthcare.gov will undergo nightly 11.02 maintenance until improvements are made. 11.03 f 11.04 11.04 Sen. Mary Landrieu (D- La.) introduces Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act, to allow people to keep their health plans. Enrollment and application system for healthcare.gov crashes. MICHELLE MALKIN Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood hilariously mock Healthcare.Gov during the CMAS. 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.05 11.08 Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), issues subpeona to the CMS for the Obamacare enrollment data. 11.09 11.13 11.06 RAND PAUL Fix Obamacare? How about we repeal Obamacare. Sign the petition belowp if you agree. 11.10 Sebalius admits convicted felons could be hired as Obamacare navigators, giving them access to personal data of enrollees. 11.11 11.12 11.07 11.14 11.13 In an MSNBC interview, President Obama apologizes for making promises that he couldn't keep." @REALDONALDTRUMP More dead people voted in the last 11.14 election than enrolled in Obamacare. 11.09 11.15 congratulations America! "I think the president was grossly misleading to the American public." REP. KURT SCHRADER (D-ORE.) 11.16 11.19 11.17 BARACK OBAMA 11.18 Share this: Health care shouldn't be a privilege for just a fortunate few - it should be a right for everyone. "I think the president was not precise, and I think that, he should hawe been 11.12 11.19 "I personally believe, even if it takes a change in the law, the president should precise. We all should have been more precise. We knew that there would be some policies that would not qualify, therefore people would be required to get more extensive coverage." 11.20 honor the commitment the Federal 11.21 11.26 f Governement made to those people and let them keep what they had." FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON 11.22 FREEDOMWORKS Democrats admitted they kneuw Obama's "If you like health care, you can keep it" Obamacare pledge was a complete lie and knew it would destroy health care coverage for millions of Americans. HOUSE MINORITY WHIP, STENY HOYER (D- MD.) 11.23 11.13 HHS releases first figures for 11.24 11.25 Obamacare enrollment. An estimated 11.28 f 11.26 total 106,185 people have enrolled, 26,794 through the federal website. freedots FREEDOMWORKS Congressmen and their staff lobbied the Obama Administration for a special subsidy to protect themselves from ObamaCare! 11.27 11.14 Some Democrats 11.28 "It's legitimate to expect us to have to win back some credibility on this healthcare law and other announce moving President Obama forward with threatens a veto of the Upton legislation and house Democrat leaders 11.29 legislation beyond Obama's one-year proposal. 12.03 f 11.30 issues. we fumbled the rollout." PRESISDENT OBAMA BARACK OBAMA You've got to tell your friends, you've got to tell your family. Tell your coworkers. Tell your neighbors. Let's help our fellow Americans get covered. Let's give every American a fighting chance. opt not to whip against it. 12.01 11.15 12.02 House passes Upton's Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013. 12.03 12.04 12.06 12.05 RAND PAUL If Chief Justic Roberts likes Obamacare so much he can live under it. Sign your No Special Deals petition if you agree. LIKE and SHARE. 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.17 12.20 f President Obama meets with leaders from America's largest tech companies to discuss the launch of healthcare.gov and controversial NSA surveillance programs. 12.18 RAND PAUL It was nice of the President to admit Obamacare is a hardship. But if he really means that, he should join Republicans who want to REPEAL IT. 12.19 12.20 12.19 12.21 Obama administration waves the ACA's individual 12,22 mandate, creating a hardship exception for people who's individual health policy is being cancelled. 12,23 12.24 12.25 12.26 12.27 12,28 12.31 12.29 Officials report that more than 2 million people have signed up for health coverage under Obamacare. 12,30 12.31 Core social data and tracx demographics from Tracx www.tracx.com 9-design.com