Gruber billing referred to Vermont attorney general
APRIL BURBANK, Free Press Staff Writer 4:26 p.m. EST February 23, 2015
Vermont officials ignored “obvious signs” of problematic billing by health care economist Jonathan Gruber, the state auditor said in a memo released Monday.
Gruber’s invoices lacked important details and claimed dubious numbers of work hours as he prepared economic models for a single-payer health care system — but state officials failed to scrutinize the invoices, Auditor Doug Hoffer wrote.
Hoffer said he was referring the matter to Attorney General William Sorrell.
Gruber said Monday he had no comment. Gov. Peter Shumlin’s spokesman, Scott Coriell, referred a request for comment to Administration Secretary Justin Johnson.
“We don’t believe that the work was overstated, in part because we were dealing with Dr. Gruber on a daily basis, and he was doing the work that we asked him to do,” Johnson said.
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