Bill Moyers PBS - Whistleblower Wendell Potter: Profits before Patients

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Run time: 37:04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QwX_soZ1GI   Posted on YouTube: July 15, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: July 27, 2009 By DU Member: Tx4obama Views on DU: 1196

 
Last month, testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation by a former health insurance insider named Wendell Potter made news even before it occurred: CBS NEWS headlined: "Cigna Whistleblower to Testify." After Potter's testimony the industry scrambled to do damage control: "Insurers defend rescissions, take heat for lack of transparency." In his first extended television interview since leaving the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter tells Bill Moyers why he left his successful career as the head of Public Relations for CIGNA, one of the nation's largest insurers, and decided to speak out against the industry. "I didn't intend to , until it became really clear to me that the industry is resorting to the same tactics they've used over the years, and particularly back in the early '90s, when they were leading the effort to kill the Clinton plan." Potter began his trip from health care spokesperson to reform advocate while back home in Tennessee. Potter attended a "health care expedition," a makeshift health clinic set up at a fairgrounds, and he tells Bill Moyers, "It was absolutely stunning. When I walked through the fairground gates, I saw hundreds of people lined up, in the rain. It was raining that day. Lined up, waiting to get care, in animal stalls. Animal stalls." -PBS.org

I normally don't watch videos that are over ten minutes long but I must say that this video is a MUST SEE and well worth the time to watch (and to forward the link to everyone you know). The video is packed full of good info and covers everything from the Canadian healthcare system to Michael Moore's 'Sicko' and it sheds light on the republican/lobbyist's healthcare talking points, etc.