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UNLOCKED! Wendell Potter on the secrets of the health insurance industry

UNLOCKED! Wendell Potter on the secrets of the health insurance industry

FromCurrent Affairs


UNLOCKED! Wendell Potter on the secrets of the health insurance industry

FromCurrent Affairs

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44 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2020
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Podcast episode

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This episode was originally released on the bonus feed, but we've released it to all of you for free today! If you enjoyed this and want to hear more like this, please consider subscribing to our Patreon. For just $5 a month, you'll get access to two Current Affairs episodes per week, and the warm fuzzy feeling that you're supporting our show and helping it get made!

Nathan speaks to Wendell Potter (@wendellpotter), a former vice president of communications for the health insurance company Cigna, who has since made it his mission to expose the pathologies of the insurance industry. Tune in to hear how to persuade someone to support universal healthcare; also, tune in to hear the secret codename the insurance industry has for Michael Moore.



Wendell's book Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans: https://wendellpotter.com/books/deadly-spin/


This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.
Released:
Oct 26, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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