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gruber oversight and government reform in 2014 . testifies before the united states house committee on american mit health economics 30 september 1965 e jonathan gruber at us house oversight cmte in 2014.jpg jonathan gruber -lrb- economist -rrb-
 jonathan gruber harvard bsc , 1987 -rrb- university -lrb- phd , 1992 -rrb- mit -lrb-
jonathan gruber -lrb- economist -rrb-

jonathan holmes gruber -lrb- born september 30 , 1965 -rrb- is an american professor of economics at the massachusetts institute of technology , where he has taught since 1992 .
he is also the director of the health care program at the national bureau of economic research , where he is a research associate .
an associate editor of both the `` journal of public economics '' and the `` journal of health economics '' , gruber has been heavily involved in crafting public health policy .
he has been described as a key architect of both the 2006 massachusetts health care reform , sometimes referred to as `` romneycare '' , and the 2010 patient protection and affordable care act , sometimes referred to as the `` aca '' and `` obamacare '' .
he became the focus of a media and political firestorm in late 2014 when videos surfaced in which he made controversial statements about the legislative process , marketing strategies , and public perception surrounding the passage of the aca .
