Posted on 02/02/2010 11:40:32 AM PST by bs9021
Senators Query MIT Economist
Bethany Stotts, February 2, 2010
MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber was contacted last week by two Republican Senators who took exception to his role in the Administration’s health care reform efforts.
“When MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber allowed himself to be quoted by numerous media outlets about his sunny analyses of ObamaCare, including a big push by Peter Orszag on his OMB site and in challenging reporters to use Gruber’s conclusions, Gruber never bothered to mention that he was receiving money through HHS to provide consultation on health-care reform,” writes Ed Morrissey on the Hot Air blog. (Read my analysis of Gruber’s actions here.)
According to Morrissey, a source in Washington gave Hot Air a letter from the Senators to Prof. Gruber which demanded that he reveal the details of his media and congressional appearances, as well as speaking engagements related to health reform “since the commencement of your federally funded work related to health care reform.” Among the many other questions, they also ask whether Professor Gruber has served on the Congressional Budget Office Panel of Health Advisers, and for him to identify “all meetings or conference calls you participated in with White House officials related to health care reform.”
Apparently the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declined to notify the Senate about Prof. Gruber’s financial ties to HHS, or so Sen.’s Mike Enzi (Wyoming) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa) assert:
“In July, Senator Enzi wrote to HHS Secretary Sebelius requesting among other information, a list of all outside consultants with the Department and copies of their agreements....
(Excerpt) Read more at academia.org ...
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