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Wendell Potter

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
384 total appearances

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The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's the day that the top executives go to New York City. It's really a kind of a dog and pony show with the biggest investors who persuade them that the company is in great financial shape and the future is bright. And that's what he was in New York to do, was to spend a day with the top shareholders of the company.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's the day that the top executives go to New York City. It's really a kind of a dog and pony show with the biggest investors who persuade them that the company is in great financial shape and the future is bright. And that's what he was in New York to do, was to spend a day with the top shareholders of the company.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's the day that the top executives go to New York City. It's really a kind of a dog and pony show with the biggest investors who persuade them that the company is in great financial shape and the future is bright. And that's what he was in New York to do, was to spend a day with the top shareholders of the company.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's a shame. It's a tragedy. You're right. He was under investigation for something along the lines that you described. The CEO of United retired. Oh, it's been more than 15 years. But he was in the news because he was found to have backdated some shares to inflate the value so that he would get more money when he cashed out.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's a shame. It's a tragedy. You're right. He was under investigation for something along the lines that you described. The CEO of United retired. Oh, it's been more than 15 years. But he was in the news because he was found to have backdated some shares to inflate the value so that he would get more money when he cashed out.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's a shame. It's a tragedy. You're right. He was under investigation for something along the lines that you described. The CEO of United retired. Oh, it's been more than 15 years. But he was in the news because he was found to have backdated some shares to inflate the value so that he would get more money when he cashed out.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And he was forced to give back about half a billion dollars that he had hoped he could walk away with. But he was manipulating the dates so that he could maximize interest. his payout.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And he was forced to give back about half a billion dollars that he had hoped he could walk away with. But he was manipulating the dates so that he could maximize interest. his payout.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And he was forced to give back about half a billion dollars that he had hoped he could walk away with. But he was manipulating the dates so that he could maximize interest. his payout.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And keep in mind, you're dealing with people day in and day out who have medical issues and many cases, mental health issues. Sometimes they're associated with the pain and agony you've been going through. And this seems to have been the case for this particular young man. But it's becoming increasingly impossible to deal with these companies if you've been denied something.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And keep in mind, you're dealing with people day in and day out who have medical issues and many cases, mental health issues. Sometimes they're associated with the pain and agony you've been going through. And this seems to have been the case for this particular young man. But it's becoming increasingly impossible to deal with these companies if you've been denied something.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And keep in mind, you're dealing with people day in and day out who have medical issues and many cases, mental health issues. Sometimes they're associated with the pain and agony you've been going through. And this seems to have been the case for this particular young man. But it's becoming increasingly impossible to deal with these companies if you've been denied something.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And we saw that just triggered this outpouring of storytelling on social media, people going to social media, sharing their stories, their horror stories with the world. And it was stunning how fast that began to develop. I wasn't shocked when I stepped back and looked at it, because even when I was in the industry, I knew that People despised our industry.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And we saw that just triggered this outpouring of storytelling on social media, people going to social media, sharing their stories, their horror stories with the world. And it was stunning how fast that began to develop. I wasn't shocked when I stepped back and looked at it, because even when I was in the industry, I knew that People despised our industry.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

And we saw that just triggered this outpouring of storytelling on social media, people going to social media, sharing their stories, their horror stories with the world. And it was stunning how fast that began to develop. I wasn't shocked when I stepped back and looked at it, because even when I was in the industry, I knew that People despised our industry.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

We spent an enormous amount of money, and these companies still do, on image advertising and product advertising. But we did surveys, and we would ask people, what can we do to get you to like us better, essentially? And it was always, the answer was, pay our claims and get out of our lives. But they can't do that and satisfy Wall Street. So they've got to do what they do. That's right.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

We spent an enormous amount of money, and these companies still do, on image advertising and product advertising. But we did surveys, and we would ask people, what can we do to get you to like us better, essentially? And it was always, the answer was, pay our claims and get out of our lives. But they can't do that and satisfy Wall Street. So they've got to do what they do. That's right.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

We spent an enormous amount of money, and these companies still do, on image advertising and product advertising. But we did surveys, and we would ask people, what can we do to get you to like us better, essentially? And it was always, the answer was, pay our claims and get out of our lives. But they can't do that and satisfy Wall Street. So they've got to do what they do. That's right.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's not bad. Not a bad deal for us.

The Jordan Harbinger Show
1151: Wendell Potter | Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

It's not bad. Not a bad deal for us.