Wendell Potter

author and former health insurance executive

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Author of the forthcoming book Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do about It; former senior fellow on healthcare at the Center for Media and Democracy; former head of corporate communications for CIGNA, the country's fourth-largest insurer

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Wendell Potter on KCRW

Get ready for more debate about health insurance as Trump runs for re-election. Democratic hopefuls are debating reforms while Republicans accuse them of “socialized medicine.”

Health insurance and the presidential campaign

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Earlier this year, when pharma exec Martin Shkreli bought the rights to an old drug and then raised its price 5000%, Americans named him the most hated man in the country.

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Earlier this year, when pharma exec Martin Shkreli bought the rights to an old drug and then raised its price 5000%, Americans named him the most hated man in the country.

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Last night, ABC News televised a so-called “ town hall ” from the Obama White House.  Today on Capitol Hill, committees were meeting both in public and behind closed doors while…

Healthcare Reform: Competition and the 'Public Option'

Last night, ABC News televised a so-called “ town hall ” from the Obama White House.  Today on Capitol Hill, committees were meeting both in public and behind closed doors while…

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