[lbo-talk] Off the Table or Under the Table: Economics vs. Health Care

[michael perelman]

Apparently, the Obama folks are following the Bush precedent, paying 
Johathan Gruber, a health care economist, under the table -- at least he 
seems to have done nothing to let it be known -- to influence the health 
care debate

http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/01/08/gruber-did-not-disclose-conflict-to-the-wapo/

I posted two brief mentions about Jonathan Gruber and health care, 
without realizing that he had a $392,600 contract with Health and Human 
Services that had not yet been made public.

First, last November, I posted the following comment in response to a 
New York Times article about Health Care, alluding to single payer being 
"off the table.":

Jonathan Gruber is a health economist from MIT -- an expert, no doubt. 
David Leonhardt quotes his favorable comment on the Senate health care 
bill: “I can’t think of a thing to try that they didn’t try.”

Leonhardt, apparently, never bothered to ask him about single payer, 
which was off the table.

more at:

http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/off-the-table-or-under-the-table-economics-vs-health-care/
-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

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