Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare adviser who lambasted the “stupidity of the American voter,” worked more closely with top administration officials than thought, despite President Barack Obama’s efforts to downplay Gruber as a low-level consultant.
Gruber, an MIT professor, was hired as a consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services on Obamacare. A number of videos and recordings emerged last year showing Gruber’s disdain for the “stupidity of the American voter,” and expounding on the “huge political advantage” the administration had because Obamacare was passed with little transparency — leading the administration to distance itself from the professor. (RELATED: Obamacare Architect: Lack Of Transparency Was Key Because ‘Stupidity Of The American Voter’ Would Have Killed Obamacare)