From the Washington Post.
Jonathan Gruber was one of the Obama administration’s key advisers
during the health-care reform debate. As the economist who conceived the
ideas at the heart of the Massachusetts health-care law, he is arguably
the intellectual godfather of the Affordable Care Act.
All of which would make him a natural fit for the Independent Payment
Advisory Board, the new, 15-member panel that has the authority to
reduce Medicare doctors’ reimbursements and pilot new ways to deliver
high quality care for less. There’s just one tiny problem: Gruber has
absolutely no interest in serving on the panel. “No way,” he says
without pause. “Maybe if it was a part-time gig. But full time? I can’t
see it.”
It’s not just Gruber. Obama’s former health policy advisers worry
that other top health economists, those in hot demand in academia and in
the industry, won’t be interested in a federal job where the
compensation is low, the political controversy high and the ultimate
payoff unclear.
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