Wendell Potter on ‘Deadly Spin’

Posted on Nov 30, 2010

AP / Susan Walsh

Former CIGNA Vice President Wendell Potter, who has become a whistle-blower regarding the health care industry, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The health industry spinmaster-turned-whistle-blower says the consumer is funding the industry’s smear campaigns: “A big portion of what we spend or pay in premiums is skimmed off to operate and conduct these fear-mongering and anger-mongering campaigns.”

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