One remark is going to cost this economist a lot of money.
He was billing very large sums to some states and the Federal govt. They are
wondering now about his work. Larry Summers defends him.
U.S. NEWS
Fallout From Gruber’s Remarks Spreads
Economist’s Comments on Affordable Care Act’s Passage Prompt Vermont to Cut
Ties, Michigan Lawmakers to Seek Probe
Nov. 19, 2014 7:38 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTON—The fallout over comments made by a Massachusetts Institute of
Technology economist about the Affordable Care Act has spread to the states,
where both Republicans and Democrats are pulling back from a man who sold his
expertise about health systems.
Vermont said it won’t continue to pay Jonathan Gruber for his work on its
health-insurance plan, which aims to create universal coverage financed with
public funds. Michigan lawmakers said they plan to investigate work he did for
that state.
Meantime, some Republicans in Washington are calling on Mr. Gruber to return
some or all of the more than $6 million he and associates received in federal
and state grants and contracts since 2000, under the Obama and Bush
administrations, because they say the veracity of his findings is in question.
Wednesday’s moves are the latest reverberations from the discovery of remarks
made by Mr. Gruber that the health law, championed by President Barack Obama,
passed because of the “huge political advantage” of the legislation’s lack of
transparency. He also referred to the “stupidity of the American voter.”
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full at
http://online.wsj.com/articles/fallout-from-grubers-remarks-spreads-1416443910?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsFifth
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