A Very Surprised Wonk Is at the Center of a New, Race-Tinged #Grubergate Story
A professor has a conversation with Jonathan Gruber. Seven months later, it becomes a scandal.
Harold Pollack talks to Jonathan Gruber in April 2014.
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This story contains corrected material, published Nov. 18, 2014
Harold Pollack has spent quite a bit of time and effort trying to get people to watch him discuss health care on video. For months, the University of Chicago professor has recorded interviews with fellow wonks for HealthInsurance.org. In 2012, he recorded two short “super-PAC ads” that explained the benefits of social insurance, and the ways they can save the lives of people who find themselves unexpectedly burdened.