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In 2006 he became an inaugural member of the health connector board, the main implementing body for that effort. In an age when information is power, grubers book is fun and informative, and it boils down the facts of health care reform for all americans. In one of lifes bitter ironies, i recently found a book by jonathan gruber in the bin of a bookstores goingoutofbusiness sale. Oct 11, 2011 thats a page from grubers forthcoming comic book, health care reform. While the mit professor may not look like your average comic book superhero in his suit and spectacles, in his graphic novel, health care reform. Graphic storytelling makes health care reform a bestseller. But its a serious comic book, about health care reform. Using a comic book format, gruber s graphic novel, health care reform. Gruber, an economist at the massachusetts institute of. I could write a phd thesis on the myriad fallacies, halftruths, and myths propounded throughout the book.
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Jun 08, 2012 health correspondent betty ann bowser talks with jonathan gruber, the author of health care reform, the comic book. Thats a page from grubers forthcoming comic book, health care reform. Sep 07, 2017 rather than the dry, direct adaptation taken with graphic novels like the 911 commission report, gruber s health care reform is an anecdotebased explanation of the bills benefits, following. Inside the comic book jonathan gruber wrote to sell. Riding the toronto subways in the early 80s, nothing pleased me more than finding religious pamphlets comic books, really on the trains. Dec 20, 2011 jonathan gruber, one of the countrys smartest health care minds, has brought the epic struggle of health reform to life. Everything you wanted to know about health reform, in one. Health care reform the comic book is not that great as art or as a graphic novel, but it does go a long way toward explaining a topic that many. Health care reform, by the economist jonathan gruber, offers an easytounderstand walk through what has changed under the affordable care. Before obamacare architect jonathan gruber got famous for calling americans stupid, he wrote an obamacare for dummiesstyle comic book. To help americans understand the law, it turns out, gruber wrote and starred in a 150page comic book. The title of his talk was the same as his comic book that explains in 140 delightful pages the 1,000page legal document. Health correspondent betty ann bowser talks with jonathan gruber, the author of health care reform, the comic book. Unlike a comic book, the issue of health care is not black and white.
Gruber was ousted from the massachusetts health connector in february 2015. New comic book by mit economist explains health reform law. Health care reform is an attempt to distill the patient protection and affordable care act signed into law by president obama in 2010 into an easy to understand book. Jonathan gruber, the obamacare architect made notorious in newly surfaced videos, credits the stupidity of the american voter with helping pass the affordable care act. It is a new graphic novel, by gruber, illustrations by nathan schreiber, and it covers the u. What it is, why it\\s necessary, how it works is a deeply informed, opinionated, immediately accessible explanation of why health care reform is essential, why the legislation congress passed is our best bet for solving the problem, and why it would be disastrous if we revoked it. We will start to bring the cost of health care under control. Jan 09, 2012 jonathan gruber, an economist at the massachusetts institute of technology, aims to change that with a book, health care reform.
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From 200306 he was one of the architects of massachusetts health care reform, also known as romneycare. Prominent among the books comic characters is its author, jonathan gruber. Gruber also does a good job of explaining what that aca does and how it is. The mit economist and professor of economics hopes the graphic layout of his. A comicbook treatise on healthcare reform was a program presented by the town hall center for civic life, with university. Hill and wang, a division of publishing powerhouse farrar, straus and giroux, plans to release grubers book, tentatively titled health care reform. Jonathan gruber on mitt romney and health care reform c. Using a comic book format, grubers graphic novel, health care reform. We will start to bring the costs of health care under control. Gruber has spent decades modeling the intricacies of the health care ecosystem, which involves making predictions about how new laws will play out based on past experience and economic theory. Grubers comic book received praise from other obamacare advocates. Poll after poll shows that the majority of americans are against health care reform. Feb 28, 2012 professor jonathan gruber 87 sought to interpret this information for the general public in a straightforward way. The affordable care act may seem like an unlikely topic for a comic book, but health care reform.
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