The Great Risk Shift & Healthcare for All

On December 12, the Campaign for America's Future hosted a forum with Yale University Professor Jacob Hacker to discuss his important new book, The Great Risk Shift.

This is the kind of book that I believe can change the way we progressives argue our case. The book's subtitle says it pretty clearly: The Assault On American Jobs, Families, Health Care, And Retirement-And How You Can Fight Back.

I want to urge you to buy this new book [1], give it to friends as gifts, and most importantly, read it.

The book has extraordinary explanatory power -- made all the more compelling by Hacker's skillful use of short vignettes -- stories of individuals and families coping with sudden unemployment, the loss of a breadwinner, a seriously sick child, or the mounting costs of
education.

Campaign for America's Future is working with Hacker to promote widespread discussion of both his book and his plan for health care for all -- a plan that would guarantee choice of either traditional private insurance or a new cheaper Medicare-style system -- while rapidly getting all
Americans covered.

We encourage you to watch video highlights [2] from our forum with Professor Hacker to learn more about his exciting new book, and his healthcare plan - which will be published by the Economic Policy Institute in January 2007.

You will be hearing more from us about a developing strategy to promote public discussion of healthcare for all - one that we can all help to lead. Happy holidays, and all the best for what promises to be an exciting new year.