Wendell Potter

It's exactly right, because the vast majority of us don't get our names in the paper. We don't know you. We don't know how to get on your show. We don't know how to do these kinds of things. It's only the occasional ones that really break through that can get a reporter interested in taking your case and making a call on your behalf.

It's exactly right, because the vast majority of us don't get our names in the paper. We don't know you. We don't know how to get on your show. We don't know how to do these kinds of things. It's only the occasional ones that really break through that can get a reporter interested in taking your case and making a call on your behalf.

And they get away with this day in and day out because people don't know how to be a squeaky wheel. I say, give it a go. Do the best you can. But that's hard. It's hard to do that. And you're facing such odds. And I always encourage people to never take no as your first answer. always begin an appeal process. But the industry makes it so damn difficult.

And they get away with this day in and day out because people don't know how to be a squeaky wheel. I say, give it a go. Do the best you can. But that's hard. It's hard to do that. And you're facing such odds. And I always encourage people to never take no as your first answer. always begin an appeal process. But the industry makes it so damn difficult.

And they get away with this day in and day out because people don't know how to be a squeaky wheel. I say, give it a go. Do the best you can. But that's hard. It's hard to do that. And you're facing such odds. And I always encourage people to never take no as your first answer. always begin an appeal process. But the industry makes it so damn difficult.

A lot of people don't know that they have rights to appeal. They just assume it's going to be such an ordeal or they feel so lousy that they don't do it. As a consequence, a small percentage of people actually fight back. They never file an appeal. They don't become the squeaky wheel. And they suffer and in many cases die early.

A lot of people don't know that they have rights to appeal. They just assume it's going to be such an ordeal or they feel so lousy that they don't do it. As a consequence, a small percentage of people actually fight back. They never file an appeal. They don't become the squeaky wheel. And they suffer and in many cases die early.

A lot of people don't know that they have rights to appeal. They just assume it's going to be such an ordeal or they feel so lousy that they don't do it. As a consequence, a small percentage of people actually fight back. They never file an appeal. They don't become the squeaky wheel. And they suffer and in many cases die early.

You're essentially inventing groups that purport to be consumer organizations or patient organizations that are nothing of the kind, but you name them in certain ways to make people think they're legitimate. One in particular that comes to mind that I was a part of, we called it Healthcare America. We created it for two reasons. One was...

You're essentially inventing groups that purport to be consumer organizations or patient organizations that are nothing of the kind, but you name them in certain ways to make people think they're legitimate. One in particular that comes to mind that I was a part of, we called it Healthcare America. We created it for two reasons. One was...

You're essentially inventing groups that purport to be consumer organizations or patient organizations that are nothing of the kind, but you name them in certain ways to make people think they're legitimate. One in particular that comes to mind that I was a part of, we called it Healthcare America. We created it for two reasons. One was...

Back to Michael Moore, we set it up to discredit him by having this outfit, which was run by a big PR firm in Washington. The people thought there might be some real consumer folks involved with it. There was nothing of kind, but it turned out press releases. It would get quoted in the newspaper. saying that Michael Moore was out of step with American society.

Back to Michael Moore, we set it up to discredit him by having this outfit, which was run by a big PR firm in Washington. The people thought there might be some real consumer folks involved with it. There was nothing of kind, but it turned out press releases. It would get quoted in the newspaper. saying that Michael Moore was out of step with American society.

Back to Michael Moore, we set it up to discredit him by having this outfit, which was run by a big PR firm in Washington. The people thought there might be some real consumer folks involved with it. There was nothing of kind, but it turned out press releases. It would get quoted in the newspaper. saying that Michael Moore was out of step with American society.

He was advocating for a government takeover of health care, things like that, just to discredit a movie. But when Congress got down to business to try to pass health care reform legislation in the early days of the Obama administration, We repurposed that front group, Healthcare America, to try to get Americans to believe that what was being proposed would not be in their best interest.

He was advocating for a government takeover of health care, things like that, just to discredit a movie. But when Congress got down to business to try to pass health care reform legislation in the early days of the Obama administration, We repurposed that front group, Healthcare America, to try to get Americans to believe that what was being proposed would not be in their best interest.

He was advocating for a government takeover of health care, things like that, just to discredit a movie. But when Congress got down to business to try to pass health care reform legislation in the early days of the Obama administration, We repurposed that front group, Healthcare America, to try to get Americans to believe that what was being proposed would not be in their best interest.

It was paid for exclusively by big insurance companies. But Americans don't know that. You see these advertising, you see things on TV, particularly during election years, and think that whatever that advertisement is from some legitimate organization, more often than not, it's some industry that is

It was paid for exclusively by big insurance companies. But Americans don't know that. You see these advertising, you see things on TV, particularly during election years, and think that whatever that advertisement is from some legitimate organization, more often than not, it's some industry that is

It was paid for exclusively by big insurance companies. But Americans don't know that. You see these advertising, you see things on TV, particularly during election years, and think that whatever that advertisement is from some legitimate organization, more often than not, it's some industry that is