How Much Did Taxpayers Pay for Jonathan Gruber’s Obamacare Consulting Work? To Find Out, Congress Will Have to Talk to His Lawyer

In testimony before the House Oversight Committee today, MIT
economist and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber was asked
repeatedly to provide the details of his contracts with states and
the federal government, which, when combined, are reportedly worth
millions of dollars.

Gruber was supposed to provide much of this information before
his appearance via a standard disclosure form, but Gruber
apparently did not file the committee’s standard form. When members
of the Oversight Committee asked Gruber for information on the
contracts and the work produced under them, however, Gruber
repeatedly declined to immediately provide it, saying only that
they could speak with his attorney.

You can watch one such exchange—not the first or only
one—between Gruber and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), below.

Remember: This is work funded by taxpayers and ordered by and
delivered to public officials in order to help them make
significant policy decisions. And Gruber’s under-oath response when
asked to share this work with a congressional committee is just to
repeat some version of, “Talk to my lawyer.”