
Much of the research assistant work performed for Professor Jonathan Gruber’s 2009 $392,600 contract with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop economic models for the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) seems to have been conducted by an employee of the NBER.
by Michael Patrick Leahy31 Dec 2014, 9:17 AM PST0

Gruber’s stonewalling of Vermont comes on the heels of at least four other pending or potential investigations in which the professor has failed to provide documentation requested by authorities.
by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Dec 2014, 11:35 AM PST0

Jeb Bush is beginning the process of disentangling himself from financial relationships that could cause him difficulties in a 2016 presidential bid.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Dec 2014, 9:54 AM PST0

Last Friday, Washington Post fact-checked Jonathan Gruber’s congressional testimony about Obamacare subsidies. After looking at the evidence the Post awarded his explanation two Pinocchios. That’s not a bad outcome given the facts; however, the Post missed something which really should
by John Sexton23 Dec 2014, 4:45 PM PST0

Like many American employers, Jonathan Gruber apparently has a problem with undocumented workers. Except his could place him in serious legal jeopardy. This week Democratic Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin decided to abandon a plan to introduce a single-payer health care plan to
by Michael Patrick Leahy20 Dec 2014, 11:31 AM PST0

When Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan made “the case for Barack Obama” in 2008, she put his foreign policy at the top of her list: “He has within him the possibility to change the direction
by Joel B. Pollak19 Dec 2014, 6:36 AM PST0

Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a free-market advocacy group, announced Thursday that it “is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for failing to adequately respond to three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests involving the Affordable Care Act’s
by Scot Vorse18 Dec 2014, 5:16 PM PST0

The shocking news Wednesday that Governor Peter Shumlin (D-VT) has abandoned plans to introduce his long promised single-payer health care system to the Vermont Legislature in 2015 was a huge victory for conservative new media. As observers on the ground in Vermont
by Dan Riehl18 Dec 2014, 12:12 PM PST0

Vermont’s Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin is abandoning his efforts to implement the nation’s first single-payer health care system in 2015. The surprise announcement was a stunning setback for supporters of “the next step” envisioned in President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act.
by Michael Patrick Leahy18 Dec 2014, 7:16 AM PST0