Has Obama administration adviser Jonathan Gruber inadvertently doomed Obamacare? Or at least handed Republicans a weapon with which to attack the sweeping federal health care program?
He’s probably accomplished the latter more than the former. But by referring to the “stupidity of the American voter” as a reason the law was able to pass, the MIT professor and Affordable Care Act (ACA) architect has outraged Republicans, caused Democrats to face-palm, and generally lived up to the conservative stereotype of a tone-deaf academic elitist.
First, some background: Professor Gruber is an economist with lots of experience in designing public health programs. For instance, he was a key designer of the 2006 Massachusetts state health plan signed into law by then-Gov. Mitt Romney (R).
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Buzz/2014/1112/Obamacare-architect-says-stupid-voters-let-bill-pass.-White-House-face-palm-video?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily&utm_campaign=20141112_Newsletter%3ADaily_Sailthru&cmpid=ema%3Anws%3ADaily%2520Newsletter%2520%2811-12-2014%29
He’s probably accomplished the latter more than the former. But by referring to the “stupidity of the American voter” as a reason the law was able to pass, the MIT professor and Affordable Care Act (ACA) architect has outraged Republicans, caused Democrats to face-palm, and generally lived up to the conservative stereotype of a tone-deaf academic elitist.
First, some background: Professor Gruber is an economist with lots of experience in designing public health programs. For instance, he was a key designer of the 2006 Massachusetts state health plan signed into law by then-Gov. Mitt Romney (R).
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/Decoder-Buzz/2014/1112/Obamacare-architect-says-stupid-voters-let-bill-pass.-White-House-face-palm-video?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily&utm_campaign=20141112_Newsletter%3ADaily_Sailthru&cmpid=ema%3Anws%3ADaily%2520Newsletter%2520%2811-12-2014%29
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