Wendell Potter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American whistleblower
Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1951
Place of Birth: United States of America, United States
Profession: journalist
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Wendell Potter
- Wendell Potter (born July 16, 1951) is an American advocate for health insurance payment reform, New York Times bestselling author and a former health insurance industry executive.
- A critic of HMOs and of the tactics used by health insurers, Potter is also a leading national advocate for major reforms of the health insurance industry, including Medicare for All and universal health care.
- Potter has been called the "Daniel Ellsberg of corporate America" by Michael Moore and "a straight shooter" by Bill Moyers.
- Potter is the first and only former health insurance executive to have publicly criticized the industry.
- A supporter of the Affordable Care Act, Potter correctly predicted in 2010 the final version of the law would increase health insurance industry profits, arguing they would find a way to "game the system." He became a vocal advocate for Medicare for All in 2018, saying in September 2019, "it's time to move to a program that makes a lot of sense economically as well as morally."Prior to his resignation in 2008, Potter was vice president of corporate communications for the health insurance company CIGNA.
- In June 2009, he testified against the HMO industry in the U.S.
- Senate to expose health insurance industry practices.
- He has served as senior analyst at the Center for Public Integrity, a fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy, and a consumer liaison representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
- Potter is a regular guest on MSNBC and other national programming. In late 2017, Potter announced the launch of Tarbell, a nonprofit news website that tackles corporate moneyed interests' influence on energy, taxation, politics, and health care.
- Potter is listed as the Founder of the publication.In July 2019, Potter was announced as President of a newly formed 501(c)3 nonprofit called Business for Medicare for All.
- The group counts thousands of business owners from across the United States as members.
- Business for Medicare for All exists to make the economic case for shifting to a publicly financed, privately delivered single payer health care system.
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