Sarah Hurtubise reports for the Daily Caller on the latest evidence that controversial professor Jonathan Gruber played a critical role in designing Obamacare.
Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare adviser who lambasted the “stupidity of the American voter,” worked more closely with top administration officials than thought, despite President Barack Obama’s efforts to downplay Gruber as a low-level consultant.
A new trove of emails obtained by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee and shared with the Wall Street Journal show Gruber had a high level of access to top brass in the administration between January 2009 and March 2010, when Obamacare was passed into law.
Gruber, an MIT professor, was hired as a consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services on Obamacare. A number of videos and recordings emerged last year showing Gruber’s disdain for the “stupidity of the American voter,” and expounding on the “huge political advantage” the administration had because Obamacare was passed with little transparency — leading the administration to distance itself from the professor. …
… Gruber’s relationship with the administration appears much cozier than previously represented. Gruber was in contact with key advisers; he verified his own role within the administration with top officials while dealing with media requests; and he even worked to convince a key senator to support the legislation.
“His proximity to HHS and the White House was a whole lot tighter than they admitted,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told the WSJ. “There’s no doubt he was a much more integral part of this than they’ve said. He put up this facade he was an arm’s length away. It was a farce.”
