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Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower
Wendell Potter Speaks Out
Wendell Potter once served as the head of corporate communications at CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies. As the debate over healthcare reform intensifies on Capitol Hill, Potter is now helping expose the industry’s dirty secrets, and lay the groundwork for reform.
We speak to Potter about his own transformation from industry mouthpiece to whistleblower, the healthcare industry’s extensive PR and lobbying machine, the campaign to discredit Michael Moore’s film Sicko, and the insurance industry’s most pressing task: the fight against a public option, let alone a single-payer system.
September 30, 2009: Insurance Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter Blasts Senate Panel Rejection of Public Insurance Option
July 16, 2009: 'They Dump the Sick to Satisfy Investors': Insurance Exec Turned Whistleblower Wendell Potter Speaks Out Against Healthcare Industry
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