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Wendell Potter

Freelance Analyst  The Center for Public Integrity

Following a 20-year career as a corporate public relations executive, Potter left his position as head of communications for CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, to show the world the dark inner workings of the insurance industry. He has testified before Senate and House committees, briefed several members of Congress and their staffs, appeared with lawmakers at several press conferences, spoken at more than 100 public forums, and has been the subject of numerous articles in the U.S. and foreign media. His new book is called Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.

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Reporters haven't focused on the 'small print' benefits of health reform.

Pay no attention to GOP governors; health insurers want that new Medicaid business.

For-profit health care is the norm today, but the system was born out of a more 'community'-driven beginning.

Industry rhetoric obscures the real agenda

Supreme Court decision upholds program that has already benefited millions.

Potter: Former Aetna CEO Ron Williams renounces his earlier position on key provision of Obama's health care reform law.

UnitedHealth Group's promises left much unsaid.

Insurers want us to believe the young were uninsured by choice, nothing could be further from the truth.

Privatizing Medicare would help insurers, not seniors.

Nonprofit health insurance just might be the sleeper solution in healthcare reform law.

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