Jonathan Gruber

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Jonathan Gruber is a Professor of Economics at MIT, where he has taught since 1992. He is a widely renowned health economist who is well known for his work on the effects of health insurance on wages and job mobility; the impacts of public insurance on insurance coverage and health; and the effects of tax policy on insurance coverage. He is also a policy expert who has worked with a number of states and the federal government to advise on and model the impacts of health reform; most notable was his work as an early architect of the Massachusetts health reform of 2006, and his continued rule as a member of the Connector Board implementing that reform.