"Girl in stock photo becomes the first victim of the Obamacare death panels"

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So said a Twitter tweet sent out by New York News and Politics contributor Adam Schweigert Sunday.

Why? Because the "Glitch Girl" has disappeared!!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/28/plot-thickens-mystery-obamacare-covergirl-goes-awol/​

The mystery of the ObamaCare covergirl took yet another strange turn over the weekend, when her smiling face was replaced by a far less intriguing quartet of icons.

The smiling brunette touched off a frenzied hunt, especially after White House officials refused to divulge her name. As frustration with the beleaguered Healthcare.gov website mounted, she became known on the Internet as “Glitch Girl.”

Sometime on Sunday, her visage was replaced by the helpful icons, which show the four ways people can learn about President Obama’s signature health law – by talking on the phone, going to the website (that they are presumably already on), writing a letter or chatting with friends.

White House media reps had been bugging W/H spokesrat Jay Carney for her identity for over a week, but he steadfastly refused to give it. Then, Sunday night, the icon-for-girl replacement showed up. It's kinda understandable. David Burge of the blog IowaHawk tweeted, "Congrats, vapidly smiling http://Healthcare.gov splash page stock photo girl! You're now the most despised face on planet Earth!" That kind of sentiment makes it hard to show your face in public, I would think, particularly if it has become the face of futility in connection with the utterly failed ACA website.

By the way, despite speculation about her photo being "stock" in nature, or perhaps a Photoshop composite "everywoman," website admin types say she is a real girl, so I'll bet she asked them to remove the photo so she could go to the grocery story or class again.