Jacob Hacker, Intellectual Father of Public Plan, to Release New Analysis Explaining Why Public Option is Critical to Successful Health Insurance Reform WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Rep.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, Public Health Insurance Option Author Jacob Hacker To Brief Reporters On Where Key Elements of Reform Stand, Need To Hold Insurers Accountable WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen.

New Reports Detail How To Structure A "Play-Or-Pay" System; Shows That Employer Health Mandate Would Create Jobs WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Economist Jonathan Gruber and health care experts Jacob Hacker and Ken Jacobs joined Institute for America's Future co-director Roger Hickey and researcher Phillip Cryan on a conference call today to discuss key provisions of President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. STATEMENT FROM ECONOMISTS: Jonathan Gruber, professor of economics at M.I.T., released a statement signed by 330 economists, declaring that health reform is vital to the nation's economic recovery.

Two New Reports To Be Released Tuesday Show Employer Health Mandate Would Help Save Jobs, Details How To Structure A "Play-or-Pay" System WASHINGTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hundreds of economists will declare that a bad economy should not delay overhauling the nation's health care system, and health care experts will release two new reports detailing an essential employer health mandate on a conference call with reporters on Tuesday. Economist Jonathan Gruber will release a statement calling for universal coverage signed by 287 economists and health experts on the call.

Health Care Expert Jacob Hacker First to Detail How to Structure "Healthy Competition" Between Public Health Insurance Plan and Private Plans WASHINGTON, April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With Congress preparing a sweeping overhaul to the nation's health care system, Jacob Hacker was the first today to outline details on how the nation can structure and implement a public health insurance option as part of the overall reforms. Hacker, who is the co-director of the U.C.