At a time when the Affordable Care Act is at the center of national attention, its creator came to Washington University to give his two cents. Jonathan Gruber, architect of the Affordable Care Act and a chief advisor to President Barack Obama, delivered the keynote speech for the GlobeMed at Wash U Hilltop conference on Oct.

With representatives voting down speakers they thought would draw crowds but fail to make any lasting campus impact, Student Union Treasury allocated $77,000 to bring politician-diplomat Jon Huntsman and economist Jonathan Gruber to campus this fall.