**Health Insurance Reform News Conference Call Today At 3:10 p.m.**
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., will join health care expert Jacob Hacker from Yale University on a conference call with reporters today to discuss the public option in health care insurance reform.
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Sen. Rockefeller is Chairman of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, and is the leading proponent of the public health insurance option in the Senate. He has introduced the Consumers Health Care Act (S. 1278) to provide a public option to consumers participating in the health insurance exchange.
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Hacker is the author of several Institute for America's Future reports on the necessity of a public insurance option, including the recent report "Public Plan Choice in Congressional Health Plans: The Good, the Not-So-Good, and the Ugly," which is available online at http://www.ourfuture.org/files/Hacker_Public_Plan_August_2009.pdf.
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
CONFERENCE CALL
DATE: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TIME: 3:10 p.m. ET
CALL-IN: Please contact Rebecca Gale for dial-in instructions at [email protected].
PARTICIPANTS: Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va.
Jacob Hacker, professor, Yale University
Roger Hickey, co-dir., Institute for America's Future
**PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Media representatives interested in a photo of Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Jacob Hacker participating in today's news conference call should reserve space and contact Toby Chaudhuri at [email protected] for details.**
CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri, +1-202-955-5665, or Rebecca Gale, +1-202-224-6101, both of Campaign for America's Future
/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Sept. 15/
SOURCE Campaign for America's Future
