Health Care Expert Jacob Hacker to Detail How a Public Insurance Plan Could Work; New Report Explores ‘Medicare-Like’ Choice

New Report By Hacker Details How To Structure A Public Health Insurance Plan That Guarantees Backup Coverage, Contains Costs, Competes With Private Insurers

WASHINGTON, April 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Health care expert Jacob Hacker will join Institute for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey to release the first report to detail how the nation can structure and implement a public health insurance option as part of overall health care reform. Hacker and Hickey will hold a news conference in Washington on Wednesday to release and discuss the report, jointly published by the Institute for America’s Future and the Center on Health, Economic and Family Security at U.C. Berkeley.

    NEWS CONFERENCE TO RELEASE NEW REPORT THAT DETAILS
    HOW THE NATION CAN STRUCTURE PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION

           DATE:                Wednesday, April 8, 2009

           TIME:                12 noon ET

           PLACE:               Institute for America's Future Conference Room
                                1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 400,
                                Washington, D.C.

           CALL-IN:             877-719-9795, code 2677344

           PARTICIPANTS:        Jacob Hacker, co-dir., Center on Health,
                                     Economic and Family Security, U.C.
                                     Berkeley School of Law
                                Roger Hickey, co-dir., Institute for America's
                                     Future

SOURCE Institute for America’s Future