Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell disavowed the series of comments by MIT professor and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber that surfaced throughout the week, in which he mocked the intelligence of American voters and told an audience that the law had passed due to a lack of transparency.
After playing a series of clips of Gruber’s starkest comments, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd said the professor was “playing in to every fear that conservatives have” about the law.
Burwell emphasized how much she “fundamentally disagree[s] with [Gruber’s] comments about the bill and the American people.” Both the department and the law have been transparent throughout its implementation and application, she said.
When asked if Gruber will be welcomed back by the administration for consultation on the law, Burwell refused to answer, twice dodging Todd’s questions.
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