Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter is an author, journalist and health insurance industry whistleblower. He is a senior adviser to the Business Initiative for Health Policy.

Latest from Wendell Potter

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Trump’s Attack on Medicare for All Has Industry Fingerprints All Over It

It’s no surprise that the health insurance industry went right to the White House.

by: Wendell Potter,; Truthout

October 19, 2018

Op-Ed

Environment & Health

Even Business Leaders Are Realizing Health Insurance Companies Serve No Purpose

Single-payer is moving from pipe dream to possibility.

by: Wendell Potter,; Truthout

September 19, 2017

News Analysis

Commentary: For-Profit Hospitals Mark Up Prices Because There’s Nothing to Stop Them

Of the 50 US hospitals that mark up prices the most, 49 of them are part of for-profit hospital chains.

by: Wendell Potter,; Center for Public Integrity

June 19, 2015

Op-Ed

Commentary: Insurers Backed Obamacare, Then Undermined It; Now They’re Profiting From It

Playing all sides of the street on Obamacare.

by: Wendell Potter,; Center for Public Integrity

May 23, 2015

News Analysis

Consumers Getting “Skinned” by Health Insurers

Bigger premiums, more cost sharing equate to big profits.

by: Wendell Potter,; Center for Public Integrity

March 19, 2015

Op-Ed

Commentary: Obamacare Helps Millions, but Per Capita Cost of Care Still Higher Than in Other Nations

While the law apparently is helping to keep medical costs in check, it doesn’t go far enough.

by: Wendell Potter,; The Center for Public Integrity

October 15, 2014

Op-Ed

Skyrocketing Salaries for Health Insurance CEOs

If they’re making millions, should the rest of us have to pay higher premiums?

by: Wendell Potter,; Center for Public Integrity

June 10, 2014

News Analysis

New Fed Study Says Health Reform Can Reduce Financial Stress

Study of Massachusetts health law cited personal bankruptcy reduction, fewer delinquencies, improved credit scores.

by: Wendell Potter,; The Center for Public Integrity

February 27, 2014

When Medicare Isn’t Medicare

Let’s say you have a Ford and decide to replace everything under the hood with Hyundai parts, including the engine and transmission. Could you still honestly market your…

by: Wendell Potter,; The Center for Public Integrity

December 26, 2011

News

Insurers Use PR Playbook to Keep Us in the Dark About Health Insurance

If you wonder why the health insurance industry has to set up front groups and secretly funnel cash to industry-funded coalitions to influence public policy, take a look…

by: Wendell Potter,; PR Watch

December 12, 2011