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Clash City Rocker

(3,396 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2020, 08:02 AM Jul 2020

Former health insurance exec Wendell Potter comes clean about a disinformation campaign

Apparently their industry spent a lot of money to convince people that the US had better healthcare than Canada. With COVID19 now ravaging the country, his conscience is finally bothered enough for him to tell the truth.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1276158510955401216.html

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Former health insurance exec Wendell Potter comes clean about a disinformation campaign (Original Post) Clash City Rocker Jul 2020 OP

K&R 2naSalit Jul 2020 #1

Potter has been on the right side of this for many years now UpInArms Jul 2020 #2

Strange grantcart Jul 2020 #3

2naSalit

(86,604 posts)

1. K&R

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 08:39 AM

Jul 2020

UpInArms

(51,283 posts)

2. Potter has been on the right side of this for many years now

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 09:15 AM

Jul 2020

he truly has been trying to change and atone ...

Thank you for posting

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

3. Strange

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:10 AM

Jul 2020

As he says in the notes he said this back in 2008

Secondly an expanded Obama care with a public option would be more like the Canadian system than MFA which he is now pushing,.

The Canadian system is preferable than "MFA"

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