North Carolina Fires Gruber
Click here for reuse options!North Carolina’s state auditor on Thursday terminated a contract with Jonathan Gruber, the MIT economics professor and health-care expert whose comments on the Affordable Care Act have generated fury among conservatives.
Auditor Beth Wood (D) had hired Gruber to analyze the state’s Community Care of North Carolina program, which provides managed care to the poor and disabled. Gov. Pat McCrory (R) and state lawmakers involved in reforming the state’s Medicaid system were studying whether to include the Community Care program in the reformed system.
Wood’s office, in consultation with the Republican-led legislature, hired Gruber last November. He spent the year finding and analyzing data from the state Department of Health and Human Services…
Earlier this week, Wood’s office decided they had to fire Gruber because it couldn’t “eliminate [the] appearance of an independence impairment,” according to a timeline released by the Auditor’s office. Wood met with Republican leaders of the General Assembly on Tuesday to inform them of the decision, then called Gruber on Wednesday.
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tiredoftea November 21st, 2014 at 12:40
Gruber has overplayed his role in the ACA and now he’s paying for it.
Tommy6860 November 21st, 2014 at 12:48
And deservedly so!
bahlers November 22nd, 2014 at 04:01
And how has he said anything that is not true? Pelosi and her office widely cited Gruber during the deliberations of the then bill, yet now claims she has no idea who he is. Offaly convenient of her “lapse” of memory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/business/jonathan-gruber-health-cares-mr-mandate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
tiredoftea November 21st, 2014 at 13:40
Gruber has overplayed his role in the ACA and now he’s paying for it.
Tommy6860 November 21st, 2014 at 13:48
And deservedly so!
bahlers November 22nd, 2014 at 05:01
And how has he said anything that is not true? Pelosi and her office widely cited Gruber during the deliberations of the then bill, yet now claims she has no idea who he is. Offaly convenient of her “lapse” of memory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/business/jonathan-gruber-health-cares-mr-mandate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Denise November 21st, 2014 at 15:58
who is he?
Denise November 21st, 2014 at 16:58
who is he?
RK Johnston November 21st, 2014 at 21:50
Another wonk eats it!
Too bad, so sad…oh, well, go to Hell!
–RKJ
RK Johnston November 21st, 2014 at 22:50
Another wonk eats it!
Too bad, so sad…oh, well, go to Hell!
–RKJ