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'''Wendell Potter''' was formerly Vice President of Corporate Communications for the [[CIGNA]] corporation. He left CIGNA in early 2008<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=vmi&id=6084341&pvs=pp&authToken=wPpg&authType=name&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile "Wendell Potter"], ''LinkedIn'', accessed June 2009.</ref> and in May, 2009, became [http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php/Wendell_Potter Senior Fellow on Health Care] with the [http://www.prwatch.org Center for Media and Democracy].  On June 24, 2009 he testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in Washington, DC.<ref>U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=6f02dcc8-ad5b-445c-81ca-36c9b06ebdd5 "Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry"], U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Wendell Potter, [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files/PotterTestimonyConsumerHealthInsurance.pdf "Testimony of Wendell Potter, Philadelphia, PA"], Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/8425 "Health Insurance Inside to Testify Before Senate"], Media Advisory, June 24, 2009.</ref>
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'''Wendell Potter''' was formerly Vice President of Corporate Communications for the [[CIGNA]] corporation. He left CIGNA in early 2008<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=vmi&id=6084341&pvs=pp&authToken=wPpg&authType=name&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile "Wendell Potter"], ''LinkedIn'', accessed June 2009.</ref> and in May, 2009, became [https://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php/Wendell_Potter Senior Fellow on Health Care] with the [https://www.prwatch.org Center for Media and Democracy].  On June 24, 2009 he testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in Washington, DC.<ref>U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=6f02dcc8-ad5b-445c-81ca-36c9b06ebdd5 "Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry"], U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.</ref><ref>Wendell Potter, [http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files/PotterTestimonyConsumerHealthInsurance.pdf "Testimony of Wendell Potter, Philadelphia, PA"], Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.</ref><ref>[https://www.prwatch.org/node/8425 "Health Insurance Inside to Testify Before Senate"], Media Advisory, June 24, 2009.</ref>
 
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===External resources===
 
===External resources===
 
====Official bio====
 
====Official bio====
* [http://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php/Wendell_Potter Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media and Democracy]
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* [https://www.prwatch.org/cmd/bios.php/Wendell_Potter Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media and Democracy]
  
 
====Wendell Potter's Blog====
 
====Wendell Potter's Blog====
* [http://www.prwatch.org/blog/35267 Wendell Potter's Blog]
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* [https://www.prwatch.org/blog/35267 Wendell Potter's Blog]
  
 
====Congressional testimony====
 
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====June, 2009====
 
====June, 2009====
 
* Laura Strickler, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/23/cbsnews_investigates/main5108025.shtml Cigna Whistleblower to Testify - Former Health Insurance Executive Expected to Testify on Capitol Hill], CBS News online, June 23, 2009.
 
* Laura Strickler, [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/23/cbsnews_investigates/main5108025.shtml Cigna Whistleblower to Testify - Former Health Insurance Executive Expected to Testify on Capitol Hill], CBS News online, June 23, 2009.
* Wendell Potter, [http://www.prwatch.org/blog/35267 The Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform], June 24, 2009, PRWatch.org.
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* Wendell Potter, [https://www.prwatch.org/blog/35267 The Health Care Industry vs. Health Reform], June 24, 2009, PRWatch.org.
 
* Trudy Lieberman, [http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/excluded_voices_6.php?page=all Excluded Voices - An interview with Wendell Potter], ''Columbia Journalism Review'', June 24, 2009.
 
* Trudy Lieberman, [http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/excluded_voices_6.php?page=all Excluded Voices - An interview with Wendell Potter], ''Columbia Journalism Review'', June 24, 2009.
 
* Ezra Klein, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/the_truth_about_the_insurance.html The Truth About the Insurance Industry], ''Washington Post'' blog, June 24, 2009.  [Note:  contains a PDF link to Wendell Potter's Senate Testimony]
 
* Ezra Klein, [http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/the_truth_about_the_insurance.html The Truth About the Insurance Industry], ''Washington Post'' blog, June 24, 2009.  [Note:  contains a PDF link to Wendell Potter's Senate Testimony]

Revision as of 21:39, 11 October 2017

Wendell Potter was formerly Vice President of Corporate Communications for the CIGNA corporation. He left CIGNA in early 2008[1] and in May, 2009, became Senior Fellow on Health Care with the Center for Media and Democracy. On June 24, 2009 he testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee in Washington, DC.[2][3][4]

Wendell Potter on the Anti-SiCKO Smear Campaign on Countdown with Keith Olbermann -- 11/17/10
Wendell Potter Interviewed by Bill Moyers
Wendell Potter Interviewed by David Pakman

SourceWatch resources

References

  1. "Wendell Potter", LinkedIn, accessed June 2009.
  2. U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, "Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry", U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.
  3. Wendell Potter, "Testimony of Wendell Potter, Philadelphia, PA", Testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, June 24, 2009.
  4. "Health Insurance Inside to Testify Before Senate", Media Advisory, June 24, 2009.

External resources

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Wendell Potter's Blog

Congressional testimony

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  • Wendell Potter on MSNBC's The Ed Show, September 22, 2010, discussing health insurer' refusal to write health insurance policies for children.

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