Wendell Potter on ‘Deadly Spin’
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."
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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A new executive order calling for "market-based" pricing will eviscerate traditional Medicare and steer the public to for-profit plans.
A new report finds the industry is lavishing independent brokers with payouts and perks. Critics call them a "classic conflict of interest."
Dr. Oliver Fein of Physicians for a National Healthcare Program, Wendell Potter, a whistle-blower and former executive at Cigna and Humana, and Jodi Jacobson, editor in chief of RH Reality Check, discuss the consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
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