My guest for episode 5 is Wendell Potter. Mr. Potter previously worked as a public relations executive for two of the country’s largest health insurers, Humana and Cigna. He left Cigna in 2008 due to a crisis of conscience.
Since leaving Cigna, Mr. Potter has become a leading advocate for health care reform and a critic of the health insurance industry. He has disclosed the falsehoods the insurance companies use to boost profits, to keep many people uninsured and under-insured, and how they implement lobbying and marketing campaigns to quash any reforms that might threaten profits.
Mr. Potter has written three books. His first book, Deadly Spin, detailed the propaganda and tactics used by health insurance companies to protect their profits. His other two books are Obamacare, What’s in It for Me/What Everyone Needs to Know about the Affordable Care Act, and Nation on the Take, How Big Money Corrupts Democracy and What We Can Do About It.
“Peace of Mind” with Wendell Potter is an episode not to be missed.
We Don't Need Medicare Advantage
We don’t Need Health Insurance Companies
Some Really Good Reasons Why We Need Medicare For All
A Prologue to the Future
A Traditional Medicare Benefit
Medicare for All Audio Bullet Points
People’s Action and Healthcare for All
The U.S. Has the Worst Healthcare System Among Wealthy Nations
Why Medicare for All Is Better Than Direct Contracting.
Why Medicare for All Will Provide More Freedom
Drowning, Guns, Healthcare and What People Say
Bubble-Up Economics
Clarifying a Few Points
The Reintroduction of Medicare for All Bills and Why We Need Medicare for All
Some Changes Needed in Our Current Healthcare System
Why Does the Government Keep Letting Medicare Advantage Plan Companies Off the Hook
Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Automatic Denials
Why Doesn’t the Government Provide the Same Help to People Who Are Denied Care?
Fifty Years of Failure
More on ACO REACH and Why We Need to End It
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