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Analysis — ‘Reframing’ the debate to make insurers look poor

By Wendell Potter

While the country was struggling to emerge from a recession, and more and more of us were struggling with no medical coverage, the big for-p

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"… ranks of the uninsured. If you think that news would also be troubling for health insurance companies, think again. While the country was struggling to emerge from a …"

"… “ObamaCare Is Starting to Bleed Insurers Dry,” Pipes told us that the health insurance sector is among the least profitable in America—“with a mere 2.2 perce …"

"… ing out pretty darn good with that penny. Wall Street is so happy with the health insurance sector, in fact, that the stock prices for every one of the big five are n …"

Analysis – One year later, health reform a law worth keeping

By Wendell Potter

Is the health care reform law a good deal for Americans or is it so badly flawed that Congress should repeal it?...

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"… s parents were terrified before the law was passed because the family’s health insurance policy had a $1 million lifetime cap. Thanks to a provision in the law tha …"

"… he law will be phased in. By 2014, for example, states will have to set up health insurance exchanges, which should help control costs. Between 2000 and 2010, America …"

"… r Family Foundation. While employers often still pay the lion’s share of health insurance premiums, workers are seeing their portion increase every year. During the …"

Analysis — Death panels, fact and fiction

By Wendell Potter

“Death panels” are back in the news and Congress is turning its attention to them once again. The problem is, lawmakers are looking in all t

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"… rest on Capitol Hill.Yes, death panels do exist. They exist inside the big health insurance corporations that every day make decisions on whether or not people enroll …"

"… companies maintains a list of 425 medical diagnoses that it uses to refuse health insurance coverage permanently to many applicants.The results of that investigation …"

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Analysis — The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans

By Wendell Potter

One of the reasons I left my job as a PR executive for the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience be a pitchma

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"… iving Americans. …"

Analysis – Insurers’ cynical calculations on the cost of doing business

By Wendell Potter

Insurers are punished for misbehavior all the time, but almost no one notices and the firms see the penalties as the cost of doing business.

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"… u hear a politician say that reducing regulations and allowing the sale of health insurance across state lines would go a long way toward controlling health care cost …"

Analysis – Pay much attention to the insurers behind the curtain

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter looks at the GOP budget plan

Excerpts from this story referencing "health insurance":

"… nding would be available to carry it out.Republicans know they can rely on health insurance companies—which would attract trillions of taxpayer dollars if Ryan’s …"

"… eform debate, that Americans were rapidly losing confidence in the private health insurance market.For the first time ever, he said, more than 50 percent of Americans …"

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Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

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"… irth similar front groups during the nearly two decades I spent inside the health insurance industry, I can hardly wait to see how the CCC will take shape, who will b …"

"… health plans and undermines the competition that adds so much value to the health insurance marketplace.Speaking of competition, just imagine how much time and money …"

"… nsumers’ checkbooks and put it into the pockets of trial lawyers, making health insurance less affordable for all Americans.” The campaign worked. No Patient’s …"

"… ebsite , the first priority is to assure that states set up their required health insurance “exchanges” in ways that protect the interests of insurers and the age …"

Analysis — A prize for simply doing what's right

By Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter is honored for speaking truth to power, but hopes such prizes won't always be necessary

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"… t see the light of day.And of course these truths are not limited to the health insurance industry. Every industry has a raft of lobbyists and professional spinners …"

Analysis - Ryan's Medicare plan would be a windfall for insurance companies

By Wendell Potter

Rep. Ryan's Medicare plan would shred the safety net for seniors and make billions for insurers

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"… ically. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual health insurance premium for family coverage increased from $5,791 in 1999 to $13,770 in 20 …"

Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurers cheered last week when profits soared; consumers left in lurch

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"… up for work.I’m betting that just about every executive of a for-profit health insurance company, whose total compensation ultimately depends on the value of their …"

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