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This second burzt tv video details whistleblower Wendell Potter’s fight to reveal how healthcare corporations and insurance companies are undermining Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) and other efforts at health care reform. This video is hosted by by Bo Muller-Moore, the Eat More Kale tee shirt guy www.eatmorekale.com, who is fighting his own battle against corporate restaurant chain Chick-fil-A.
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