January 10, 2012 12:36PM 

# Bryan Caplan Rates Jonathan Gruber’s ObamaCare Graphic Novel ‘Awful’ 

By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) 

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Over at [EconLog](http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/01/sins_of_omissio.html):

> Given my interest in [health economics](http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/hsdeb.htm) and [graphic novels](http://www.bcaplan.com/cspan.pdf), I was initially hopeful about [Jonathan Gruber](http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/gruberj/index.htm)’s graphic novel, entitled [*Health Care Reform: What It Is, Why It’s Necessary, How It Works*](http://www.amazon.com/Health-Care-Reform-Necessary-Works/dp/0809053977/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325639120&sr=1-1). But in all honesty, the book is awful. Gruber crafts his argument like a salesman, not an economic educator. He’s careful to avoid outright mistakes, and makes a couple of awkward disclosures. Yet he omits a long list of crucial, damaging points.

Caplan discusses 13 of them.

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