Jonathan Gruber, M.I.T. Economist, Hits Mitt Romney Over Obama Health Care Law
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Luke Johnson Posted: 11/16/11 04:47 PM ET
Jonathan Gruber, an M.I.T. economist hired by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to help craft health care reform, sharply criticized the Republican presidential candidate for distinguishing between his bill and President Barack Obama's in an interview with Capital New York published Wednesday.
"They're the same f***ing bill. He [Romney] just can't have his cake and eat it too," Gruber said. "He can try to draw distinctions and stuff, but he's just lying. The only big difference is he didn't have to pay for his. Because the federal government paid for it. Where at the federal level, we have to pay for it, so we have to raise taxes."
The health care bill Romney signed and the Affordable Care Act signed by Obama have substantial similarities. Both have individual and employer mandates and subsidies, establish health insurance exchanges, allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance and prohibit insurers from denying people based on pre-existing conditions.
Romney has defended the law he signed but said that states should be able to develop their own health care laws. He favors repealing the health care law the president signed into law.
Gruber is a Democrat, and told The New Yorker that Romney never asked him about his political views. He also recalled that Romney argued for the individual mandate since it would eliminate the "free rider" problem of uninsured patients seeking care at emergency rooms. The White House also contacted Gruber to do the economic modeling for Obama's plan.
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Luke Johnson Posted: 11/16/11 04:47 PM ET
Jonathan Gruber, an M.I.T. economist hired by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to help craft health care reform, sharply criticized the Republican presidential candidate for distinguishing between his bill and President Barack Obama's in an interview with Capital New York published Wednesday.
"They're the same f***ing bill. He [Romney] just can't have his cake and eat it too," Gruber said. "He can try to draw distinctions and stuff, but he's just lying. The only big difference is he didn't have to pay for his. Because the federal government paid for it. Where at the federal level, we have to pay for it, so we have to raise taxes."
The health care bill Romney signed and the Affordable Care Act signed by Obama have substantial similarities. Both have individual and employer mandates and subsidies, establish health insurance exchanges, allow young adults to stay on their parents' insurance and prohibit insurers from denying people based on pre-existing conditions.
Romney has defended the law he signed but said that states should be able to develop their own health care laws. He favors repealing the health care law the president signed into law.
Gruber is a Democrat, and told The New Yorker that Romney never asked him about his political views. He also recalled that Romney argued for the individual mandate since it would eliminate the "free rider" problem of uninsured patients seeking care at emergency rooms. The White House also contacted Gruber to do the economic modeling for Obama's plan.
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1 Comments:
Wait a minute. I thought ObamaCare wasn't going to cost any money? That's what the CBO told us over and over again and that Obama assured us his landmark legislation would actually bring down health care costs. How can Gruber claim ObamaCare will raise taxes when all along we were told there would be no need to raise taxes to pay for any of ObamaCare provisions.
I guess Barack Obama is also a fucking liar. He's also a fucking hypocrite, a fucking arrogant ass-hole, and a fucking accessory to murder.
I am no defender of Mitt Romney - he's a RINO through and through. The media wants Romney because it knows that if either Obama or Romney win in 2012, both are center-left pols and so it is unlikely any conservative agenda would be forthcoming. But, Massachusetts can require its citizens to buy a product to remain in legal standing as a citizen, the federal government cannot. They are not the same fucking bill.
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