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MIT's Jon Gruber just got fired from the Massachusetts health care board
MIT's Jon Gruber just got fired from the Massachusetts health care boardUpdated by Sarah Kliff on February 25, 2015, 5:46 p.m. ET @sarahkliff [email protected]
MIT economist Jonathan Gruber has been fired from his post helping to oversee Massachusetts' health insurance marketplace, the Boston CBS affiliate reported Wednesday.
Gruber previously became embroiled in a controversy over video-taped remarks that showed him saying the health law only passed because of "the stupidity of the American voters."
More recently, Vermont's state auditor has accused Gruber of overbilling the state for consulting work he did on it's (now-failed) single-payer health care plan....
http://www.vox.com/2015/2/25/8110677/gruber-fired-massachusetts-connector
