USA Today Describes ObamaCare Launch as “Epic Screw-Up,” “Incompetence.”

Incompetence? Epic screw-up? These aren’t the only words that can be used to describe ObamaCare and it’s train wreck rollout, but they are how the editorial board of USA Today has characterized the launch.

According to USA Today, the technological failures and glitches that have become the trademark of the ObamaCare exchanges are an “epic screw-up” that reveal the difference between “competence and incompetence.”

From USA Today:

 “Alas, the administration managed to turn the experience for most of those visitors into a nightmare. Websites crashed, refused to load, or offered bizarre and incomprehensible choices. Even though the system was shut down for repairs over the weekend, Monday’s early reports continued to suggest an epic screw-up.

“Why have things gone so wrong?

“President Obama’s chief technology adviser, Todd Park, blames the unexpectedly large numbers of people who flocked to Healthcare.gov and state websites. ‘Take away the volume and it works,’ he told USA TODAY’s Tim Mullaney.

“That’s like saying that except for the torrential rain, it’s a really nice day. Was Park not listening to the administration’s daily weather report predicting Obamacare’s popularity?

“Park said the administration expected 50,000 to 60,000 simultaneous users. It got 250,000. Compare that with the similarly rocky debut seven years ago of exchanges to obtain Medicare drug coverage. The Bush administration projected 20,000 simultaneous users and built capacity for 150,000.

“That’s the difference between competence and incompetence.”