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Wendell Potter

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.

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Dec 10, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Truthout
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
Truthout
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
Truthout
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
Truthout

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
Truthout
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
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