White House: Believe Jonathan Gruber in 2014, Not in 2012

REPORTER: “Lawsuits this week, the rulings, this Jonathan Gruber video — do you have a response to this? Your critics are saying this shows that, in fact, there was an intent or at least the knowledge. That this law was not intended to mean subsidies, would be provided in the instances the Court [Indecipherable].”
EARNEST: “I do have — I mean, the thing that Mr. Gruber has said is that even by his own analysis and projections, he had always assumed that all eligible individuals would get tax credits, whether or not their state marketplace is run by Federal officials or local officials. I’d also point out that Mr. Gruber filed an amicus brief in the Halbig case, taking the administration’s side that all individuals should get access to those tax credits, as long as they’re eligible to get them. So I think, his views on this are pretty clear. I think that he described those remarks as a mistake. But I’d refer you to his explanation for why he said them. I think what is clear is that he, like Congress, intended for every eligible American to have access to tax credits that lower their health care costs regardless of who is operating the marketplace.”
REPORTER: “He said at the time it was not intended, that in fact this was meant to be an incentive to states to sign up — to do their own rather than to [Indecipherable] the Federal system.”
EARNEST: “Well, again, I think that he said that’s a mistake. That those comments were a mistake, and didn’t represent his views. I do think that there’s ample evidence to indicate, based on his own analysis, his own projections, and even his own legal filings — that he supports the administration view that every eligible American should have access to those tax credits.”