Experts
Jacob Hacker
Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Many of us feel like frustrated bystanders in the healthcare debate. Jacob Hacker recommends concrete steps average citizens can take to improve their own lot. Read More
The architect of the public option defends his healthcare solution against criticisms and counterproposals, including the co-op model. Read More
Amidst a recession, two wars, and a climate crisis, healthcare reform has now passed its key test in the Senate. The architect of the public option explains why this is the moment for a bill to pass. Read More
Jacob Hacker assesses whether the President’s healthcare policy has been what the doctor ordered—and what his campaign promised. Read More
Yale political science professor Jacob Hacker grades the 2009 House healthcare bill and predicts its fate in the Senate. Read More
Jacob Hacker’s 2007 “Healthcare for America” was the rare academic paper that transforms policy debate. Have Hacker’s ideas themselves changed since? Read More
Many of us cling to our “jerry-rigged” system even as it fails us, but early in his career, health reform expert Jacob Hacker saw a clear need for change. Read More
A conversation with the Yale political science professor and healthcare expert. Read More
About Jacob Hacker
Jacob S. Hacker, Ph.D., is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Political Science at Yale University and a Resident Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is also a Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., and a former Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows. His 2007 proposal for universal health insurance, "Healthcare for America," was instrumental in bringing the "public option" to the forefront of the national healthcare debate. He has testified before Congress and written articles for a variety of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, and American Prospect. His most recent book, "The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream," was published by Oxford University Press in 2006 (paperback, 2008).