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Showing videos filed under: Wendell Potter
Laurie Anderson, Cap & Trade, and Single Payer Health Care
May 9, 2011"If people think about how they might want to create something that isn't just me me me, that could be revolutionary," says musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson. Anderson has crossed genres, created new instruments, performed in "audio drag" and even created some comics, but she's best known for her experimental violin playing.The F Word: Vermont Ever Closer to Single-Payer Healthcare
May 9, 2011The Senate and the House of Representatives agree: single-payer health care is the only way to provide real coverage for all. Insurance companies are never going to do the right thing and put people before profits, so the only option is to go around them, and politicians in both houses have voted to create a real health care system.Donna Smith & Wendell Potter: Fixing Health Care For Real
November 17, 2010As Republican freshmen head to Congress, many of them are riding a wave of promises to repeal "Obamacare." As Jamie Court noted on our show last week, one of the most unpopular elements of the bill is the mandate that Americans purchase private health insurance. But Wendell Potter, former health insurance industry insider, notes that that is the part of the bill that is most popular with the insurance companies that bankrolled those same Republicans.Fixing Health Care for Real & Susan Burton, CNN Hero
November 16, 2010As Republican freshmen head to Congress, many of them are riding a wave of promises to repeal "Obamacare." As Jamie Court noted on our show last week, one of the most unpopular elements of the bill is the mandate that Americans purchase private health insurance. But Wendell Potter, former health insurance industry insider, notes that that is the part of the bill that is most popular with the insurance companies that bankrolled those same Republicans.Wendell Potter: Still Time to Fight for Health Care
January 14, 2010Wendell Potter now serves as Senior Fellow on Health Care at the Center for Media and Democracy, and he joined Laura in studio today to give us a quick update on the health care reform process, explain the so-called "Cadillac tax" compromise, and remind us all that the battle isn't over yet--there's still time to fight.Reproductive Rights, Wendell Potter, and Trish Kinney
January 14, 2010Wendell Potter worked for CIGNA health insurers for over 15 years, including a position as head of communications. He left that job, in a 180-degree switch, to fight for the rights of all Americans to affordable health care.What's the Fate of the Public Option?
August 25, 2009Is the healthcare debate making you sick? We've got some clear information - which just may be the best medicine. We welcome, Wendell Potter, Karen Finney, and our very own Diane Shamis.What's the Fate of the Public Option?, Senator Karen Keiser, and Dahr Jamail & Jose Vasquez on Military Resistance
August 24, 2009Is the healthcare debate making you sick? We've got some clear information - which just may be the best medicine. We welcome, Wendell Potter, Karen Finney, Diane Shamis and Senator Karen Keiser. Then, Dahr Jamail, author of 'The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan' and Jose Vasquez of Iraq Vets Against the War.
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