I could write a phd thesis on the myriad fallacies, halftruths, and myths propounded throughout the book. He is also the director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research, where he is a research associate. Gruber said about the central issue in the latest obamacare lawsuit to. The health economists controversial remarks could undo him and the law he worked so hard to create.
What it is, why its necessary, how it works, that explains. Jonathan gruber, professor of economics at the massachusetts. Senator john kerry if you want to learn about health care reform, you can do no better than to learn from the master. Stimulus package for healthcare system wont be enough. He was instrumental in creating both the massachusetts healthcare reform and the affordable care act. The mandate forcing individuals to buy health insurance is just like forcing people. In health care reform, gruber focuses mainly on two topics. In the book, gruber serves as narrator and explains how and why obama health care reform came to be and how it works, by following four imaginary citizens with representative needs through their. The plaintiffs in the case are challenging the federal subsidies that underpin the 36 states without statelevel health insurance exchanges. In the book, gruber serves as narrator and explains how and why obama health care reform came to be and how it works, by following four imaginary. He even wrote a guide that explained the law in comicbook. His latest book is jumpstarting america how breakthrough science can revive economic growth and the american dream.
What it is, why its necessary, how it works jonathan gruber, hp newquist, and nathan schreiber. Obamacare architect jonathan gruber faces grilling from house. An associate editor of both the journal of public economics and the journal of health economics. The book gives an outline and a sufficient amount of detail to understand the political controversy surrounding the bill. His mit biography calls him a key architect of the massachusetts health reform law and says he helped. Jonathan holmes gruber born september 30, 1965 is an american professor of economics at the massachusetts institute of technology, where he has taught since 1992. Since 2010, weve been tracking scores of cases challenging various parts of the law. And theres part 2, in which gruber made comments that seem to support the worst. In an age when information is power, gruber s book is fun and informative, and it boils down the facts of health care reform for all americans. Jonathan gruber, an economist at the massachusetts institute of technology, aims to change that with a book, health care reform. The format of grubers health care reform is not the colorful 40 page. Jonathan gruber, economics professor at the massachusetts institute of technology and director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research, presents his thoughts on. Health care reform, by the economist jonathan gruber, offers an easyto understand walk through what has changed under the affordable. He literally wrote a comic book explaining how obamacare worked.
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