How Jonathan Gruber--and Republicans Using Him--Get Obamacare History All Wrong
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Daily Kos
November 13, 2014
"Republicans have more ammunition for their Obamacare repeal quest in the form of stupid and disparaging remarks made in 2013 by Jonathan Gruber, the guy who was instrumental in creating Romneycare in Massachusetts, and was a technical consultant to the White House on the Affordable Care Act...That's a key thing to keep in mind - Gruber is an economist and he had a bunch of models from developing Romneycare that he used to game out various funding scenarios on the federal law.
He was a consultant who was doing number crunching, and while influential, was not in on the messaging or the actual bill writing.
It is also worth keeping in mind that these renewed attacks are coming from the Republicans who gave us "death panels" and "government takeover" and "illegals" getting health insurance and the $716 billion in Medicare cuts - not to mention Sen. Mitch McConnell and his argument that Kentucky could keep Kynect after Obamacare is repealed "root and branch".
These are mot people who are bastions of truth on the healthcare law."
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/13/1344623/-How-Jonathan-Gruber-and-Republicans-using-him-get-Obamacare-history-all-nbsp-wrong
"Jonathan Gruber's Comments About Obamacare Are Offensive, But They Are Also Untrue"
http://www.thinkprogress.org/health/2014/11/13/3591850/jonathan-gruber-lying-obamacare/
"David Axelrod Slams Jonathan Gruber Over Obamacare Comments"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/16/david-axelrod-jonathan-gruber_n_6167260.html