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.
End ACO REACH
The Free Market Cannot Solve Every Problem
The Security Threat of Our Current Healthcare System
Why We Need Single-Payer Medicare for All in the United States
The Illogic and Fraud of Medicare Advantage Plans
Medicare: A Complicated Mess
The American Healthcare Mess
Puerto Rico’s History of Single-Payer
Why Medicare For All Is Cool!
Electronic Health Records and Interchangeable Data
Little Things That Can Make a Difference
A Catastrophic Ruling: The Overturning of Guaranteed Abortion Access
Gun Violence and Public Health in the U.S.
Public Health, Single-Payer and the American Public Health Association
The Healthcare Skin-in-the-Game Myth
Achieving the Cancer Moonshot in 10 Years
Jeffrey Sachs Testimony from the House Oversight Committee Hearing on Medicare for All
Highlights from the House Oversight Committee Hearing on Medicare for All
Some Survey Results on Why Having Health Insurance Doesn’t Mean Squat
Well-Known and Lesser-Known Problems With Our Healthcare System
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