Gruber Gives Testimony

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Created on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 21:03
Written by Ryan Rutledge

gruberWASHINGTON D.C - Jonathan Gruber, a consultant of the Affordable Care Act, testified to the House of Oversight and Government Reform yesterday.


This is after Gruber was accused of creating a false model and being intentionally misleading in order to get the Affordable Care Act passed. Gruber was hired back in 2009 as a consultant by the apartment of Health and Human Services, to search for options for the national healthcare reform.

Over the past month Gruber has been in hot water over remarks made back in 2013, where the former MIT healthcare economist made remarks saying that the passing of the law relied on "the stupidity of the American voter," and that a "lack of transparency [was] a huge political advantage."

In his statements yesterday, Gruber went on to recant and clarify his behavior from 2013 saying, "It's never appropriate to make one's self seem more important or smarter by demeaning others. I knew better, I know better, I'm embarrassed and I'm sorry. In edition to apologizing for my unacceptable remarks I'd like to clarify the context and conflict of my comments. Let me be very clear, I do not believe the affordable care act was passed in a non-transparent fashion. The issues I raised in my comments such as redistribution of risks of the insurance marker reform and the structure of the Cadillac Tax, were roundly debated before the law was passed."

In spite of the on going testimonies President Obama said he will still veto any effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act.