Wendell Potter
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Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years and became a health reform advocate and Senior Fellow with the Center for Media and Democracy. This interview was broadcast on July 10, 2009 on PBS TV network.
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Articles and resources
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References
- ↑ "Wendell Potter", LinkedIn, accessed June 2009.
- ↑ U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, "Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry", U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.
- ↑ Wendell Potter, "Testimony of Wendell Potter, Philadelphia, PA", Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.
- ↑ "Health Insurance Inside to Testify Before Senate", Media Advisory, June 24, 2009.
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External resources
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Official bio
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Wendell Potter's Blog
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Congressional testimony
- Wendell Potter, "Testimony of Wendell Potter, Philadelphia, PA", Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.
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External articles
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June, 2009
- Laura Strickler, Cigna Whistleblower to Testify - Former Health Insurance Executive Expected to Testify on Capitol Hill, CBS News online, June 23, 2009.
- Wendell Potter, The Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform, June 24, 2009, PRWatch.org.
- Trudy Lieberman, Excluded Voices - An interview with Wendell Potter, Columbia Journalism Review, June 24, 2009.
- Ezra Klein, The Truth About the Insurance Industry, Washington Post blog, June 24, 2009. [Note: contains a PDF link to Wendell Potter's Senate Testimony]
- Jacob Goldstein, Former Exec: Insurers ‘Confuse Their Customers,’ ‘Dump the Sick’, Wall Street Journal blog, June 24, 2009.
- David S. Hilzenrath, Senate Report Finds Insurers Wrongfully Charged Consumers Billions, Washington Post, June 24, 2009.
- Matthew Perrone, Senator: Use of faulty insurance data 'pervasive', Associated Press, June 24, 2009.
- Diane Levick, Former CIGNA VP Blasts Insurers At Senate Hearing, The Hartford Courant, June 24, 2009.
- Alice Gomstyn, Health Insurance Insider: 'They Dump the Sick' - Retired Health Insurance Executive Blows the Whistle on His Former Industry, ABC News Business Unit,June 24, 2009.
- Reed Abelson, Insured, but Driven Bankrupt by Health Crises, New York Times, June 30, 2009.
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July, 2009
- Rob Kall, Interview with Health Insurance Exec/Whistleblower Wendell Potter, Bottom up Radio Show WNJC, July 1, 2009.
- Jim Acosta and Bonney Kapp, Ex-executive accuses insurance giant of 'purging' customers Ex-executive accuses insurance giant of 'purging' customers, CNN's American Morning July 2, 2009.
- McLaren and Torchinsky, Ex-exec testifies against insurance giant for 'purging' customers, The Consumerist blog, July 3, 2009.
- Richard Cohen Socialized Medicine? Bring It On, Washington Post, July 14, 2009.
- Nonna Gorilovskaya, Wendell Potter, speaking from experience, exposes health insurers’ misleading, profit-driven tactics, Nieman Watchdog, July 15, 2009.
- Amy Goodman, Health Insurance Whistle-Blower Knows Where the Bodies Are Buried, Democracy Now! blog, July 15, 2009.
- Amy Goodman Democracy Now! Interview with Wendell Potter, July 16, 2009.
- Dr. Jon LaPook, My Interview With President Obama - Dr. Jon LaPook Talks Health Care Reform With The President, CBS News, July 16, 2009.
- Dinah Wisenberg Brin, In Health Debate, Ex-Insider Targets Insurance Industry, Wall Street Journal, July 20, 2009.
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August, 2009
- Stanley Crouch, Whistleblower is Dems' best ammo in health care fight, New York Daily News, August 3, 2009.
- Joshua Kendall, Small Biz Purging: When Companies Lose Health Care When a worker at a small business becomes gravely ill, insurance providers often later dump the company, a practice reforms may not address, Business Week, August 7, 2009.
- Scott Hensley, Health Insurance Insider Turns On Industry, NPR Health Blog, August 11, 2009.
- Sara K. Smith, Manufactured Meltdowns at a Town Hall Near You. Opposition message follows a familiar pattern, says former health insurance exec, NBC New York, August 13, 2009.
- Ron Claiborne, Ex-Cigna Executive Tells Why He Left Insurance Industry to Champion Uninsured. Former PR Chief Says Insurance Companies Up to 'Same Old Tactics', ABC Good Morning America, August 16, 2009.
- Anne Underwood, For Many Consumers, Few Insurance Choices, New York Times, August 19, 2009.
- Former Insurance Exec Speaks Out on Health Reform, PBS News Hour, August 21, 2009.
- Michael Boothand Jennifer Brown, Health care reform advocates say insurance companies already ration coverage, Denver Post, August 22, 2009.
- Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger, Healthcare insurers get upper handObama's overhaul fight is being won by the industry, experts say. The end result may be a financial 'bonanza.', Los Angeles Times, August 24, 2009.
- Jaimy Lee, Q&A: Wendell Potter, former insurance industry PR executive, PRWeek, August 25, 2009.
- Nicolas D. Kristof, Health Care Fit for Animals, New York Times, August 27, 2009.
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September, 2009
- Judith Curtis-Mardon, Blaming is easy. It's solving that's hard, Grand Junction Free Press, September 2, 2009.
- Jennifer Liberto, Is health care the next 'bonusgate'? House energy panel asks 52 companies to cough up info on everyone who makes more than $500,000 a year. Insurers cry foul. Does health CEO pay matter?, CNNMoney.com, September 1, 2009.
- Yamiche Alcindor and Emma Brown, At Vigils, Support Shown for Health-Care Bill, Washington Post, September 2, 2009.
- Keith Girard, Are Health Insurers ‘Purging’ Small Businesses to Boost Profits?, AllBusiness website, September 3, 2009.
- Brad Plebani, Private Profits, Cost Shifting and the Public Option, Nieman Watchdog website, September 4, 2009.
- Health insurer enlisting its employees to kill reform, Free Speech Radio News, September 4, 2009.
- Senator Jay Rockefeller, Burden of health care is immense, Charleston Gazette, September 6, 2009.
- Kate Pickert, Wendell Potter: The Making of a Health-Care Whistle-Blower, TIME magazine, September 7, 2009.
- Peter Landers, Former Cigna Executive Gets Shout-Out From Obama, Wall Street Journal blog, September 9, 2009.
- Aaron Glantz, Why Insurance Companies Deny Health Care, New America Media, Septembert 10, 2009.
- Matt Rothschild, An Interview with Wendell Potter, Progressive magazine, September 14, 2009.
- Jill Lawrence, Wendell Potter's Long 15 Minutes as the Bane of the Health Insurance Industry, Politics Daily, September 16, 2009.
- Al Lewis, Epiphany about insurers, Dow Jones Newswires, September 16, 2009.
- Harris Meyer, For many, health policy jargon is clear as mud, Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2009.
- Faye Flam, An ex-insider speaks out Former Cigna spokesman says reform opponents use PR tricks, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 20, 2009.
- Tim Dickinson, The Lie Machine: GOP operatives are running a secret campaign to kill health care reform, and it's based on Karl Rove's old playbook, Rolling Stone, September 23, 2009.
- Heidi Przybyla, Stacie Ritter Cries ’Shame’ at Insurers Winning in Washington, Bloomberg.com, September 30, 2009.
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October, 2009
- Erik Gunn, WisBusiness.com "Media Watch: Madison-based media watchdog group scores via health care debate", WisBusiness.com, October 9, 2009.
- "Patients Before Profits", Bangor Daily News, October 10, 2009.
- Jane M. Von Bergen, "Foot soldiers square off in health-care battle", Philly.com, October 11, 2009.
- Lauren Kornreich, "MoveOn.org targets Senate Finance Committee on public option", CNN Politics.com, October 13, 2009.
- John Nichols, "Baucus Committee OKs a Health Bill, But Not Reform", The Nation, October 13, 2009.
- Roger Bybee, Will Health Industry Rattlesnakes Wake up Dems on Reform?, In These Times, October 13, 2009.
- Alexander Bolton, "Finance committee vote opens healthcare lobbying floodgates", The Hill, October 14, 2009.
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- KITV-HON (ABC) - Honolulu, HI, Good Morning America Talk Show. August 16, 2009.
- WKOW (ABC) - Madison, WI, Whistle blower weighs in on health care reform, September 13, 2009.
- Bill Maher Show, Interview with Wendell Potter, HBO, September 18, 2009.
- Amy Goodman, Insurance Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter Blasts Senate Panel Rejection of Public Insurance Option, Democracy Now, September 30, 2009.
- Lucy Ash, US Healthcare Whistleblower, BBC Television, October 15, 2009.


