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 <title>Health Care Guru: &#039;Front-Runner&#039; Obama Won&#039;t Match Clinton on Specifics</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[<!--paging_filter--><p>Barack Obama should be more explicit about how he wants people to pay for health insurance under his plan&mdash;but don't hold your breath for more details.
<p>That's the opinion of <a href="/2007/health-plan-guru-obama-almost-there">Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who helped to develop the health care plans of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.</a> Gruber said that after <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/us/politics/28clinton.html">Clinton's proposal to cap health insurance premiums at 5 percent to 10 percent of income</a>, the onus has moved to Obama to detail how much he thinks Americans should pay for health insurance. </p>
<p>&quot;I think it helps if they both have real numbers,&quot; said Gruber. &quot;I think having one person having a number doesn't help that much, because then you can't really compare.&quot; </p>
<p>When asked if the onus was now on Obama to detail how Americans would pay for insurance, Gruber said &quot;Yeah I think so.&quot; But when asked if he thought the Obama campaign would actually provide that number, he was doubtful.  &quot;No,&quot; he said. &quot;They're the front-runners. Front-runners don't produce numbers.&quot; <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/health-care-expert-thinks-obama-should-give-number-wont">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:13:12 -0400</pubDate>
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