Nataline Sarkisyan's Parents Come Fact-to-Face With Former CIGNA Executive Wendell Potter

When Nataline Sarkisyan was denied the liver transplant her doctor thought could save her life, her mother and father brought her fight to the doorsteps of CIGNA insurance. By her side was American SiCKO Donna Smith and the California Nurses Association. The media picked up on the story which quickly became a public relations nightmare for CIGNA because of the real nightmare the Sarkisyan family was living. With no other choice, CIGNA finally approved Nataline's liver transplant but it was too late. Nataline died two hours later.

Wendell Potter was a CIGNA executive at the time. He saw the Sarkisyan's struggle from the inside of the profit-making company and knew that CIGNA would do whatever possible to protect the bottom line. Previously, potter had attended the premiere of 'SiCKO' with a large group of other insurance insiders set with the task of debunking the movie. But, instead, Potter was swayed and later said, "When I saw the movie, Ill be honest: I thought it was a real good documentary. I knew from my own studies of other healthcare systems that it was an accurate portrayal of those systems and how they are able to provide universal coverage."

Nataline Sarkisyan's death was the last straw for Potter. He resigned from CIGNA, blew the whistle on the industry, and became an activist for health care reform.

Here he is face-to-face with Nataline's family for the first time.

Watching it all unfold at http://www.michaelmoore.com

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[PatchesRips]

"There is a price to pay for universal health care."

It's called taxes. What do you want to get for yours? Another supercarrier with stealth microwave ovens and atomic bedsheets, or guaranteed health care that won't cost you your home and savings?

[KhyronDesintegrado]

I just can not believe that a country like United States is soo behind on health care system!

[699backstab]

@bencombs1990 Stupid faggot. Reread my post. I am saying they should have tortured the insurance scum until he broke. The reason you didnt understand is because you are an american teen with no brain, no critical thinking skills and no hope for changing that. Dipshit

[funkyflights]

First and foremost a bone marrow transplant SHOULD NOT COST 700,000 dollars.... WTF is that all about.... second and insurance company has nothing to do with health care directly so why do we even have them ? All they do is deny care to save themselves money and deny people with any pre-existing condition to even obtain it.... WTF kinda system is that ? Hospitals take advantage of insurance companies by charging ridiculous rates... Insurance companies then deny payments and people die!!

[aiden00]

@aiden00 you sick sons a bitches...you sick bastards...its ok god has to exist..because there is tooo much hell to pay in our world today...to these big companys and conglomerates and corrupt acts happening globaly, daily...god wil ream these people so hard itll rain their asses in the next lifetime

[doctorconradmurray]

@RipKatePersten If you knew her, can you tell me, was she putting out?

[RipKatePersten]

i knew her personally

[somefarkerdude]

They're talking about the good ol' US of A fucknut, not some 3rd world shithole.

[faceswithin]

the govermenet votes in what they should get in there pay checks, from our money. They send our money to othere people to heal them. Most upper goverment people get paid 179,000.00 a year.. there jets cars homes heathcare we pay this. But djlaetor is right too what is the answer I don't know.

[Ramadl59]

@edmondov

If that was your daughter,mother,sister would you feel the same way?

I'm from Australia and everyone has free health care,and there's an unbiased waiting list on transplants.

What's wrong with that? it doesn't make us socialist.

Better than a young girl dying for profits

[edmondov]

These people irrational. Humans are so arrogant and spoiled that they can't even accept the reality of survival of the fittest and death. I defend the health insurance companies in this case. Most countries don't even have transplant capabilities.

[desighnedmilitent]

HELL YEA MOTHERFUCKERS glad potter got his ass in gear,and proud to share that family name