Chair Louise Slaughter and Health Insurance Industry Whistleblower Wendell Potter

Today, Chair Louise Slaughter met and held a press conference with former CIGNA Vice President Wendell Potter, who left the insurance industry after a 20 year career. Potter has since become a whistleblower and testified in June in front of a Senate committee about how insurance companies intentionally purge small businesses from coverage to save money.

Wendell Potter explained: Every time you hear about the shortcomings of what they call government-run health care, remember this: what we have now in this country, and what the insurers are determined to keep in place, is Wall Street-run health care. And know that for all practical purposes we already have one of the most insidious means of rationing care in the world—not by people we can hold accountable on election day but by insurance company accountants, underwriters and executives who are held accountable by a few wealthy investors and hedge fund managers who care far more about earnings per share than your health and well-being.

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[MrTabby5000]

@silentonall We should make them wear burkas and otlaw driving for women.

[silentonall]

No doubt. We have to get these dipsey women out of Congress! They have no bearing on how to lead in ANY direction! What the hell HAPPENED to this country?? Golda Meyer is rolling over in her grave ALONG WITH HANNAH from the Old Testament!

[ajack50]

you take your healthcare reform and shove it right up your ass,you elitists make me sick and guess what happened this year America has awoken and you idiots are all going to be voted out in 2010 and odumbass in 2012,you are doing nothing but wasting taxpayer money, every program federal govt touches turns to shit , where are the jobs? where is the stimulus money?

[masterj345]

What do CEOS of insurance comapnies and LUCIER have in common ?

uhm.

vote democrat ?

[BakersfieldGamer4u]

We need healthcare reform, 47 million Americans are not insured and the republican's plan is not going to help .Nancy needs to tell those blue dog democrats to grow a set and support the bill.

[LiberalsAreWeak]

Ugly old wind bags is what they are...YUK

[krew666666]

well, your pushing the limits of Americans.....government does not belong in our health care system,which is the best in the world....there is not one thing the gov does which does not wind up in spiraling debt.....it is criminal to push this,to give illegals freebies, to have access to our bank accounts....

[rungy07]

This video started off with another "obey me or else threat" no wonder why Miss Pillowshit is promoting it. It said if we don;t pass the health care bill the economy will crash. Dear Noonie...do not threaten us anymore, you are as pathetic as you have always been. END THE DAM WARS and you can afford all the health care our people would ever need...how about that? I mean, if you really want the health care that bad...why not end the wars?

[silentonall]

DeVry, 2007. Information Systems.

[TimmyHaag]

I've not made the Dean's list but I am interested in what year and what college you did as you claim.