Transparency | Raising Hale

Republicans: Gruber paid at least $120,000 for Connecticut work

by Zachary Janowski | Nov 18, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics, State Budget, Transparency, Unions

House Republicans say a controversial healthcare economist behind Obamacare received at least $120,000 for his work in Connecticut. Jonathan Gruber of MIT has been in the spotlight for recently publicized video footage of him criticizing American voters for being...

Healthcare economist who believes in the ‘stupidity of the American voter’ advised Conn. in 2010

by Zachary Janowski | Nov 14, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Politics, Transparency, Unions

Remember Sustinet, Connecticut’s $1 billion-plus plan to combine Medicaid, state employee health plans and a government-run health insurer? In 2010, MIT health economist Jonathan Gruber performed modeling for the Sustinet plan. Gruber, considered an architect of...

Accountants: “It would be misleading to exclude” UConn Foundation from state finances

by Zachary Janowski | Mar 19, 2014 | Features, General, Higher education, Transparency

This year, accountants included language emphasizing the close relationship between the University of Connecticut Foundation and state finances. The UConn Foundation is currently fighting legislation that would require it to comply with the Freedom of Information Act...