By — Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/conversation-health-care-reform-explained-in-a-comic-book Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Health Care Reform: The Comic Book Health Jun 8, 2012 6:08 PM EDT When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and professor at MIT, is not someone you would expect to write a graphic novel. But after recruiting illustrator Nathan Schreiber to the cause, Gruber did just that out of frustration over what he sees as the public’s confusion over the law. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser recently talked with Gruber about the book, called “Health Care Reform,” at his home just outside of Boston. By — Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser, the new Health Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, graduated Ohio Wesleyan in 1966. By 1974, she was working for CBS, where she remained for the next 14 years. For the CBS Nightly News, she covered countless international stories, including famine in Africa and troubles in the Middle East. She also was the co-anchor of 30 Minutes, a news magazine program that won four Emmy's as well as DuPont and Peabody awards.
When you think about what makes for good material for comic books and graphic novels, the much-debated and heavily-contested federal health reform law is not necessarily the subject matter you would think of. And Jonathan Gruber, an economist and professor at MIT, is not someone you would expect to write a graphic novel. But after recruiting illustrator Nathan Schreiber to the cause, Gruber did just that out of frustration over what he sees as the public’s confusion over the law. Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser recently talked with Gruber about the book, called “Health Care Reform,” at his home just outside of Boston.