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. Oct 26, 2016 mit professor jonathan gruber, a wellknown architect of president obamas affordable care act, tells cnn that the law known as obamacare is working exactly as intended. Nathan schreibers comics have appeared in luomo vogue, overflow, and smith magazine and on. Jonathan gruber, the mit economist and obama health reform adviser, has been featured on these pages for, among other things, boldly predicting in 2009 that obamacare would for sure reduce. With health care reform dead, here are the 5 things. It is written as a comic book to be highly accessible and concise, yet very well thought out. Gruber, an advisor to president obama on national reform and a key architect of massachusetts reform, says he was hesitant to distill such a weighty subject into comic book form but in fact, by explaining the problem graphically, through characters like betty on medicare or unlucky carlos who has to buy his own health insurance, gruber covers a. 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. Senator john kerry if you want to learn about health care reform, you can do no better than to learn from the master.
In one of lifes bitter ironies, i recently found a book by jonathan gruber in the bin of a bookstores goingoutofbusiness sale. Nov 14, 2014 jonathan gruber may have not been a household nameat least before this weekbut, he is the mit economist described as the architect of obamacare and previously romneycare. Health care reform by jonathan gruber the boston globe. This hearing will focus on how the law has impacted doctors and patients. Jan 18, 2012 whoever thought a comic book approach to explaining complex topics was a good idea.
But its a serious comic book, about health care reform. Riding the toronto subways in the early 80s, nothing pleased me more than finding religious pamphlets comic books, really on the trains. What it is, why its necessary, how it works which was just published dec. In his remarks he outlined the contours of the debate over health care reform, spoke about challenges to reform efforts, and examined the. Oct 11, 2011 thats a page from grubers forthcoming comic book, health care reform. His remarks could undo him and the law he worked so hard to create. Nov 08, 2009 the glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for president barack obama on sunday as democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the house has nowhere to go in the senate.
In november 2014, a series of videos emerged of gruber speaking about the. In an age when information is power, grubers book is fun and informative, and it boils. In fact, gruber s critics say he is a little too complimentary of the law in this book. Jan 04, 2012 given my interest in health economics and graphic novels, i was initially hopeful about jonathan grubers graphic novel, entitled health care reform. An associate editor of both the journal of public economics and the journal of health economics. Over 787 health care reform pictures to choose from, with no signup needed. The mit economist and professor of economics hopes the graphic layout of his. Dec 8, 2016 there are big changes coming our way with the healthcare reform pecially if youre a small business 50100 employees. Massachusetts points the way to successful health care reform journal of policy analysis and management, 301, winter 2011, p. The 6 biggest whoppers in gruber s obamacare comic book. Jan, 2012 wondering how health care reform works, and why its so important. In another video, taken in 2010, gruber expressed doubts that the aca would.
Poll after poll shows that the majority of americans are against health care reform. Individual mandate grubers idea, despite obamas downplaying of grubers role. Its being written by jonathan gruber, the mit economist behind many of the reform s concepts. The back cover of his 2011 comic book explaining healthcare reform says he was a key architect of massachusettss ambitious health reform effort who consulted extensively with the obama. Aug 30, 2011 but its a serious comic book, about health care reform. Jonathan gruber, a nationally recognized health economist who devised the economic underpinnings of obamacare gruber hates the term, said his three comic loving.
Health care reform is no laughing matter, but mit economist jonathan grubers new comic book on the subject aims to communicate some. And what this speechbubble resume doesnt mention is grubers. Using a comic book format, gruber s graphic novel, health care reform. What it is, why its necessary, how it works jonathan gruber. Jonathan gruber has 19 books on goodreads with 1875 ratings. And what this speechbubble resume doesnt mention is gruber s. Sep 25, 2012 jonathan gruber, the mit economist and obama healtorm adviser, has been featured on these pages for, among other things, boldly predicting in 2009 that obamacare would for sure reduce. Fundamental health care reform for the united states. What it is, why its necessary, how it works paperback.
Gruber was born on september 30, 1965, the son of martin jay gruber and ellie gruber. Books by jonathan gruber author of health care reform. Mit economist jonathan gruber is writing a comic book about health reform. Latest news inside the comic book jonathan gruber wrote to sell obamacare to america. Deception and the bullshit brigade, instead, gruber went with the more subtle health care reform.
Jul 19, 2017 with health care reform dead, here are the 5 things republicans will focus on next. Jonathan gruber, who served as an adviser for both the massachusetts and national health care reform bills, talked about the history, current state, and future of health care in the u. Rollover each thumbnail and click on the image that appears to see links for licensing. The massachusetts plan, gruber maintains, offers one cure, though the insurance industry has done all that it could to void the spirit if not the letter of the law. Unlike a comic book, the issue of health care is not black and white. Gruber s comic book received praise from other obamacare advocates.
Illustrating the success of health care reform by jonathan gruber posted on january 17, 2012, 9. Luckily, economist jonathan gruber has come to the rescue. Prominent among the books comic characters is its author, jonathan gruber. Dec 20, 2011 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 this animated video, jonathan gruber, mit economist and former special advisor to the president on health care, explains the.
The health care reform comics and cartoons collected from fifty of the best cartoonists. Mar 26, 2012 jonathan gruber, economics professor at the massachusetts institute of technology and director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research, presents his thoughts on. Everything you wanted to know about health reform, in one. Jonathan gruber is at the center of the controversy that surrounds the comments he made about obamacare in a video made public last week. Gruber was one of the architects of the massachusetts health care. Illustrating the success of health care reform youtube. The title of this comic book shockingly isnt the adventures of dr.
As its subtitle indicates, this book is about more than entertainment. The health care reform comics and cartoons the cartoonist group. Jonathan gruber is and if you dont, turn on the news. The fact that the book was set up in a comic book format just made it that much easier to understand the point gruber is trying to get across. Now i know that that title sounds boring, but when you get into the pile of lies inside, it gets extremely exciting. The 6 biggest whoppers in grubers obamacare comic book. Or at least thats the picture readers getquite literallyfrom reading jonathan gruber s health care reform. I mean, look at doonesburyright now hes apparently getting a week of lame schtick out of one little news blip starbucks in some places allowing legallycarried guns. Feb 08, 2011 the mit economics whiz who crafted president obamas national health care overhaul now plans to explain the complex and controversial plan to the masses in one long comic book. The quotes this architect of obamacare gave us on his work. How littleknown mit professor jonathan gruber shook up. May 08, 2017 pwc partner mitch roschelle and pollster lee carter on the impact of health care reform. Gruber, an economist at the massachusetts institute of.
See more ideas about comic book collection, novels and books. Jul 18, 20 a new animated video features the youtoons as they get ready for obamacare and explore health insurance changes under the affordable care act aca. His father is professor emeritus of finance at the new york university stern school of business, having taught there for more than 40 years. Gruber s health care reform is an anecdotebased explanation. Gruber crafts his argument like a salesman, not an economic educator. Health care reform the comic book is not that great as art or as a graphic novel. Mitt romney and jonathan gruber, a love story that will. Jonathan grubers most popular book is health care reform. Posted on jan 10, 2012 by comic booked guest writer in features 7. Jonathan gruber, the obamacare architect made notorious in newly surfaced videos. Inside the comic book jonathan gruber wrote to sell. Mit professors comic book helps explain national health. Romneys appearance in the attack ad comes from a nowwidely circulated video of romney citing gruber at the signing of romneycare in 2006 for helping with the bill. In a comic book, health care reform explained alum.
It delivers information, like scott mcclouds understanding comics, through an earnest but informal lecture by a cartoon version of an expertin this case gruber, an mit economics professor who helped craft massachusettss successful health care reform plan as well as the affordable care act, which. Health correspondent betty ann bowser talks with jonathan gruber, the author of health care reform, the comic book. Thats not too painful, jonathan gruber writes in a comic book. These are available for you to license for books, magazines, newsletters, presentations and websites. Mar 22, 2010 egc52556, has any modern political cartoon ever been about anything besides the shallow, surface sound bite. The latest video of the infamous mit economist, discovered just days after his amnesiastricken testimony before the house government reform and oversight committee, shows gruber declaring to his. I have a stack of serious books to read, and here i am reading a comic book. What it is, why its 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. What it is, why its necessary, how it works, explains and combats some common misconceptions about the new federal health reform law. The only thin health care reform is basically an overview of the affordable care act aca written by jonathan gruber. Health care is a giant fat person crushing congress. Feb 28, 2012 using a comic book format, grubers graphic novel, health care reform. Over the decades the hero has leaped from comic books to movies, tv shows, radio, video games and merchandise.
The mit economist credited with crafting president barack obamas national health care overhaul law has reportedly started work on his latest venture. He is also the director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research, where he is a research associate. Graphic novel illustrates health care reform in america ireta health care reform jonathan gruber is an attempt to distill the patient protection and affordable care act signed into law by president obama in 2010 into a commonsensical, easy to understand book in graphicnovel form less than a tenth of the length. Individual mandate grubers idea, despite obamas downplaying. Im beginning to think that comics can deal with the deepest subjects, from the foundations of mathematics logicomics to the holocaust maus. 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. Health care reform what it is, why its necessary, how it works book.
Jonathan gruber was raised in the new york suburb of ridgewood, new jersey. He even wrote a guide that explained the law in comicbook stylean idea. Now the same publisher is releasing a comic book written by mit economists jonathan grueber, titled heath care reform. Jonathan gruber, a health economist who devised obamacares economic structure, says his children inspired him to use the comic format to. Jonathan holmes gruber born september 30, 1965 is an american professor of economics at. New comic book by mit economist explains health reform law. Interestingly, the book is a comic, which made it a quick read. The mit economics whiz who crafted president obamas national health care overhaul now plans to explain the complex and controversial plan to the masses in one long comic book.
What it is, why its necessary, how it works until now regarding the ebook weve got health care reform. Health care reform book san francisco public library. That same year, not one story on healthcare reform or national health insurance appeared in three of the most widely read national newspapersthe cristian science monitor, the new york times, and the wall street journal. Jonathan gruber at noblis january 18, 2012 youtube. This will age me, but my mind jumps to this favorite school house rock video covering just one of many civic lessons. I highly recommend to you jon grubers new book health care reform. Health care law to be turned into a comic book politico. A new comic book to explain president obamas health care reform is coming.
And in his 2011 comic book on health care reform, gruber writes that romney brought him in to work on health care reform. A longtime health economist, gruber has worked with both political parties on health care reform. Thats a page from gruber s forthcoming comic book, health care reform. Now comes jonathan grubers new graphic novel health care reform. Jonathan gruber, a nationally recognized health economist who devised the economic underpinnings of obamacare gruber hates the term, said his three comicloving. Oct 16, 20 health care reform is the nations leading online service for diversity nurse recruitment and career development providing topquality recruitment services and networking opportunities, while linking underrepresented nursing candidates to healthcare employers around the country. The omnibus health care reform act that narrowly squeaked through congress is a necessary start, but with more to do. In an age when information is power, gruber s book is fun and informative, and it boils down the facts of health care reform for all americans.
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