The great Wendell Potter is on Thom Hartmann for next hour.

[ErikJ]

http://xray.fm/

[KamaAina]

1. Harry's brother?

[think]

2. Wendell Potter blew the whistle on health insurance companies for actively trying to avoid paying

for coverage:

The Making of a Health-Care Whistle-Blower

By Kate Pickert Tuesday, Sept. 08, 2009

Wendell Potter may be the ideal whistle-blower. The former head of corporate communications for health-insurance giant Cigna, Potter turned against his old colleagues in June to testify before a congressional committee about what he viewed as the health-insurance industry's "duplicitous" behavior in the current health-reform debate. In his testimony, Potter outlined specific techniques insurers employ to "dump the sick" and protect stock price at all costs. His testimony was logical, specific and convincing, but that's only part of what makes Wendell Potter a perfect turncoat in the eyes of the pro-reform movement.

Source:
http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1920893,00.html

Much respect for Wendell Potter...

[merrily]

3. I have mixed feelings about Mr. Potter.

He remained silent for a long, long time while participating in the evils as a health insurance company executive. While he remained silent about others and participated himself, people were suffering and dying. He made a heck of a lot of money doing what he eventually exposed before he exposed it. now, he's making a lot of money as an "exposer."

If he had spoken up as soon as he found out what was going on, I'd throw him a parade. But, he didn't.

Am I glad he finally spoke up? Sure. But I don't see him as a hero. So, I will thank him sincerely and heartily for speaking up when he did and leave it at that.

I know this is not a popular view at DU, but it's mine and I don't post to be popular