Jonathan Gruber

Gruber has taught economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1992; and his research focuses on the areas of public finance and health economics. He is also the Director of the Health Care Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research; where he is a Research Associate. He is an Associate Editor of both the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Health Economics. In 2009 he was elected to the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association. He is also a member of the Institute of Medicine; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; and the National Academy of Social Insurance. In 2006 he received the American Society of Health Economists Inaugural Medal for the best health economist in the nation aged 40 and under. From 2003-2006 he was a key architect of Massachusetts’ ambitious health reform effort; and in 2006 became an inaugural member of the Health Connector Board; the main implementing body for that effort. In that year; he was named the 19th most powerful person in health care in the United States by Modern Healthcare Magazine. During the 2008 election he was a consultant to the Clinton; Edwards and Obama Presidential campaigns. During 2009-2010 he served as a technical consultant to the Obama Administration and worked with both the Administration and Congress to help craft the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.