News
Berkeley CHEFS In the News
2009
Women lead seismic shift in the workplace. The Washington Times, November 4, 2009
Whither healthcare reform? Policy experts at Berkeley offer insights and predictions on the debate, UC Berkeley News Center, September 21, 2009
A Public Option that Works, The New York Times, August 21, 2009
Ten Health Care Terms You Need to Know, Youth Radio, August 20, 2009
Berkeley CHEFS associate director Melissa Rodgers argues that national policymakers have much to learn from California’s recent attempt at health reform and that success depends on quick action. She offers 10 Lessons for National Health Care Reform in this June 23, 2009 op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Executive Director Ann O'Leary discusses the importance of gaining federal family paid leave legislation, Paid Parental Leave Helps Families and the Economy
Jacob Hacker is quoted in new article on health care, Sacramento Bee, June 2, 2009
Jacob Hacker on Healthy Competition, The Why and How of "Public Plan Choice" The New England Journal of Medicine, May 28, 2009
The New Republic on Jacob Hacker's new plan, April 8, 2009, Selling a Public Plan to its Skeptics
NPR online, April 7, 2009 Battle Lines Drawn over Public Insurance Plan tackles health reform
News and views from Newt and Prof Hacker, Two faces of the Public Plan Coin, Politico.com, 4-14-2009
Mary Ann Mason on Role Models and Mentors, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2009
Steve Sugarman, "Too much salt? Try Cap and Trade in the Diet", SF Gate, Sunday March 1
Yes We Can? The New Push for American Health Security, by Jacob Hacker, Politics Society 2009;37 3-31
Ann O'Leary on why the Fair Pay Act Isn't Enough, San Francisco Chronicle, February 4th, 2009
Jacob Hacker on the Road to Healthcare Reform Christian Science Monitor, February 3, 2009 edition
Getting Health Reform Right: A Q and A with Jacob Hacker with RJ Eskow Posted, February 2, 2009
Jacob Hacker featured in SF Chronicle piece, Think Tank for the New Administration, San Francisco Chronicle, January 25, 2009
Grad Students Think Twice about Jobs in Academe, highlights study led by Mary Ann Mason, Chronicle of Higher Ed, January 15, 2009
Inside Higher Ed highlights study led by Mary Ann Mason, Inside Higher Ed, January 20, 2009
Mary Ann Mason on Why Graduate Students Reject the Fast Track, January-February 2009 online edition of the AAUP bulletin Academe
2008
Jacob Hacker Says Innovative 401(k) Plans Expose Consumers to Financial Risk, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 29, 2008 by Eleanor Laise
Jacob Hacker Suggests Revisions to 401(k) Plans, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nov. 20, 2008 by Jeffrey Brown
It's Really, Really, Really Over by Jacob Hacker, The New Republic, October 16, 2008
Frozen Eggs: Oocyte Cryopreservation is not the secret to professional success in academe, Mary Ann Mason, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 21, 2008
Health care's the key to economic security and opportunity Jacob Hacker, Seattle Times, September 9, 2008
Speaking Truth to Power -The Need for, and Perils of, Health Policy Expertise in the White House, Jacob Hacker, New England Journal of Medicine, September 11, 2008
Ann O’Leary Predicts Palin Will Disappoint Women Voters , Ann O'Leary, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2008
Should we demand improved public health outcomes from industry with more regulations, Stephen Sugarman, British Medical Journal, October 2, 2008
Do Babies Matter in Science?, Mary Ann Mason, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 17 2008