Economist Jonathan Gruber made the controversial comments at several different academic events. The White House says it disagrees with the comments, and “they’re simply not true.”
Economist Jonathan Gruber in Boston in March.
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Jonathan Gruber — who was tapped in 2008 to help draft the Affordable Care Act — made the comments in a series of talks at academic institutions in 2012 and 2013. The talks were captured on video and began circulating widely this week. According to The Washington Post , Philadelphia-area investment adviser Rich Weinstein found the videos after his insurance plan was cancelled and he began watching footage of the law's architects.
As of Wednesday, three separate videos had surfaced. In each of them, Gruber gives a lengthy explanation of the health care law, but also says voters were "stupid" or "exploited." One of the most damning clips comes from a panel discussion at the University of Pennsylvania in 2013:
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