Senator Harris: You really need to rethink your plan to put private insurers in charge of Medicare
Sen. Harris’ plan won’t work and history will prove it. I know because I’ve been there.
Author: Wendell Potter
Coming Soon to a TV Screen in France: America’s Dental Health Care Crisis
“There are millions of people in this country who can’t afford to go to the dentist. Millions.”
Propaganda Machine Stalls at Medicare For All Hearing
Health care industry propagandists proceed cautiously at first-ever hearing on Medicare For All bill.
I Used to Be a Propagandist for Insurance Companies. Learn the Four Truths the Insurance Industry Doesn’t Want Americans to See
Propagandists are trying to force Congress and voters to make fear-based choices about health care.
The Potter Report Podcast
EP 12 – Health care journalism in the heartland with Trudy Lieberman
On this episode, Wendell and Joey discuss health care reform, Rural America and the state of health care journalism with past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists and Tarbell.org contributor, Trudy Lieberman.
SEASON 2 COMING SOON
Democrats on the take: New DCCC Chair is a best friend of health insurers
How health insurance cash forms opinions on Medicare for All.
Here’s how the drug industry funds ‘experts’ to discredit efforts to lower prices
Big Pharma dresses wolves in sheep’s clothing to keep drug prices high. Don’t be deceived. Learn how to sniff them out.
How to be ready for the health care industry lie factory
“The crooks already know these tricks; honest men must learn them in self-defense.”
How to spot the health insurance industry’s favorite Democrats
My former colleagues undoubtedly were cheering when they heard Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) come to the defense of private health insurers and trash the idea of improving and expanding Medicare to cover all Americans.
call this number to save a woman’s life
Let us see if the Devos family has the heart to chip in on a woman’s transplant.
How Health Insurers Drive Huge Profits Off Of Older Americans
American patients are getting surprise bills from insurers
You have no guarantee that the doctors and hospitals that the insurance companies say are in your network will still be there in the future. And you, not the insurer, get stuck with the bill.
Meet the Latest “Pharma Bro”: Nirmal Mulye
The new Martin Shkreli is Nostrum Laboratories’ Nirmal Mulye – who raised the price of a bladder infection antibiotic from $475 a bottle to nearly $2,400 a bottle.
People travel hundreds of miles for free medical care in Appalachia. But there are never enough doctors and dentists to meet the need.
“You can’t see everybody. That’s unfortunately the reality.”
How big pharma buys goodwill: Set up a foundation, stage media events, please politicians
AmerisourceBergen has made billions of dollars overselling opioids. Now, to protect profits, it’s waging a PR campaign to make you forget that.
Resisting attacks from billionaires and presidents is as old as investigative journalism
Amidst calls for a rejection of President Donald Trump’s attacks on journalists, we reflect on the attacks faced decades ago by reporters like Ida Tarbell.
States Are Not Waiting on Congress to Expand Medicare to Cover Everybody
Which one will be first?
How corporate health care interests, nervous about their profits, are trying to scare you
The “fear, uncertainty and doubt” campaign against “Medicare for all” is on.
Guess who’s getting richer as your premiums and deductibles soar?
Insurance company CEOs and their shareholders, thats who.
Rural people most affected by negative health care trends
Studies show life expectancy in the United States is going down while it continues to go up in other developed countries.