Wendell Potter - Former Communications VP for CIGNA

This morning, the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a forum to highlight the urgent need for comprehensive health insurance reform. Wendell Potter, Former Communications VP/Spokesperson for CIGNA, offers his opening remarks.

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[mintchocolatebear]

I'm a 29-year-old white man, and I used to work as an Analyst for Humana, a HEALTH INSURANCE company. I enjoyed my time as an employee and they treated me well. :-) Yes...I'm "the Man".

So, as a person who has seen it all from the inside, I only have to say this...

GO WENDELL POTTER!!

Put those greedy, soul-less jerks in their place. Capitalism does not mean stealing money from the people.

If we're not getting WHAT WE PAY FOR, then the business we're paying has STOLEN from us!!

[DaiIyBuzz]

Insurance companies provide nothing and absorb billions. They only serve as an illusion of economic security.

As technology advances, and future generations live longer, there will be no latitude for profit in health care. Our economic future hinges on this issue, even more than recent studies reflect.

A single-payer system is the only way to ensure all Americans receive quality, affordable health care for decades to come. The only acceptable compromise in the interim is a public option.

[6468792]

I thought insurance was risk management ....not risk avoidance!!

[dlucas90]

@tbaarr1 look here dummy, there is no "fair" way to create money from debt (nothing) and loan it to the govt. and public, at interest. Both "parties" have supported, and continue to support this cockamame arrangement. Don't call me a Repulican or a Democrat agian, because I'm niether, I'm an American and I follow what the constitution of the country says. I would like to "conserve" the constitution, that is all. If you want to play partisan bickering and pretend it is a debate, go elsewhere.

[tbaarr1]

@dlucas90 as for that statement your a con but not a repunk. who did you vote for in 2000 and 04 and 08..i bet it was bushpunk and mccain the charlie keating 5... 1986 lincoln saving bust boy

[tbaarr1]

@dlucas90 obviously you have no stinking clue.. coolidge let the banks run unregulated and lowered interest rates. just like raygun did in the 80's and bushpunk did in 2001-2008 and the results were exactly the same. depression recession ,big recession..as for obama care as you losers call it. a few good tweaks just like with medicare will fix the bad stuff..but then you will stay focused on your commie lib attack plan..just like your con boys of the 60's did

[dlucas90]

@tbaarr1 I'm a conservative, but I am not a Republican. You obviously don't know how money comes into existence in the first place if you think one of the banker's sales teams, the Dems and Repubs, caused the depression that started in 1929. There is no way to "tweak" a inherently flawed monetary system. That is like saying "having the horses push the cart will work, it just needs some tweaking".

[tbaarr1]

@dlucas90 ah another repub con that thinks dereg is the way to go..hey how do you like this recesion your dereg ideas caused..or the recession of 1988 or the deepression your repunk boy coolidge caused in 1929..guess your too stupid to learn from history..your arguments are the same loser lies that were stated in the 60's when medicare was formed. hey loser its worked for 40 years. it just needed some tweaks as all plans do

[dlucas90]

What aspect of my comment don't you understand?

[runarmyof1]

Call ur rep and demand unity among demecrats, a public option, and demand the anti-trust laws and regulations be applied to the health insurance industry just like EVERY other corporation has.

[runarmyof1]

do you even know what your talking about?

[bberntson]

A problem is that corporate profit making is seen as the most protectable "right" in this country. If "greed is good" still then corporate infiltration into lawmaking won't change at all. And most of the shareholders in the "accountable to the shareholders" defense are not private investors but corporate entities themselves.