Gruber’s model and analysis of it appears to be what’s sold to the varying states who have contracted with him to set up their exchanges. This and his contacts with the WH and HHS.
In another instance, we find that climate ‘models’ are used to predict climate and provide the basis for legislation that impacts us with taxes and fees on gas, electricity, etc.
I am looking for the third model of anything—probably finance or illegals’ impacts on government—to establish the third dot and make the straight line for myself. I am coming to believe that we are living in a controlled group of a double-blind experiment on an entire people, as though we are national lab rats to mad political scientists.
Well, there’s always the Economists to flog for their models.
There are all sorts of population models that are used to justify environmental regulations and ESA listings.
My take is this: the powers that be love computer models because they can be sold as objective (they're not) and they concentrate power in DC.