Once again, MIT professor Jonathan Gruber has made our job easier. He admits the lie of ObamaCare in yet another video. In remarks made in 2011, Gruber explained that while tax breaks for employer-based health insurance were bad policy, “it turns out politically it’s really hard to get rid of.” Therefore, ObamaCare dealt with that by implementing a tax but “mislabeling it, calling it a tax on insurance plans rather than a tax on people when we all know it’s a tax on people who hold those insurance plans.” Then they delayed it until 2018 to hide it further. Why? Because, he said, “This was the only political way we were ever going to take on what is one of the worst public policies in America, and every economist should celebrate this.” Furthermore, “It’s on the books now,” which means, “if they want to get rid of it they’re going to have to fill a trillion dollar hole in the deficit.” Cue maniacal laughter.

Relevant portion at about 30:38.

2011 Hewitt Health Care Lecture from Mike Dean on Vimeo.