Posted on 11/12/2014 6:42:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The White House is publicly distancing itself from MIT professor Jonathan Gruber's comments on the legislative process behind Obamacare and its "lack of transparency," which have been seized on by conservatives this week, saying that they are "simply not true."
Gruber also invoked "the stupidity of the American voter" in 2013 comments unearthed last week about the Affordable Care Act. He has since said that he regretted the comments and spoke "inappropriately."
“Transparency is a key goal of the ACA: consumers now have more access to information about their health insurance than ever before," White House spokesperson Jessica Santillo said in a statement to TPM. "The Affordable Care Act was publicly debated over the course of 14 months, with dozens of Congressional hearings, and countless town halls, speeches, and debates.
"The tax credits in the law that help millions of middle class Americans afford coverage were no secret, and in fact were central to the legislation," she continued. "Not only do we disagree with those comments, they're simply not true.”
An administration official also noted to TPM that -- while Gruber is often described as an "architect" of Obamacare because he was a key consultant to the administration and was heavily involved in developing the Massachusetts health reform law that served as a starting point for the ACA -- "he did not work in the White House or play the same role in developing the Affordable Care Act."
no wonder Hugo Chavez liked this whit hous so much
Too late.
Busted.
Okeeee Dokeee...
Gruber goes under the bus...
Do you smell sulfur yet?
The White House is lucky the EXEMPT Congress
supports ROmneyCARE and OBamaCARE.
Why?
Transparency is the release of Americans’ medical records,
while HIDING the corrupt “Law” and its changing rules,
from which the accursed EXEMPT are .... exempt.
The wheels on the bus go bump bump bump...
Words fail me. How and when will this EVIL end?
Man 1: Pope, Jesus is the son of God.
Pope: That’s simply not true!
Man 2: The sun rises in the east
NASA: That’s simply not true!
Man 3: e=MC squared
Einstein: That’s simply not true!
Got it.
The first lie worked SO well, let’s make up another whopper!
Sooooo transparent even Nancy Pelosi didn’t know what was in it.... So transparent we all knew we could keep our doctor if we wanted to keep our doctor. The whole thing was a manipulative lie from start to finish.
Don’t let Bammy get away with the old Flim-flam, Okie-Dokie Bamboozle fraud.
"Deny, deny, deny."
What will they think of next?
The list, Ping
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This was Romney’s guy also.
So he’ll work for any Democrat?
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