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	<title>Wendell Potter</title>
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		<title>Taking the Initiative in a Struggle Against Excessive Rate IncreasesT</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/02/aking-the-initiative-in-a-struggle-against-excessive-rate-increases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California effort would give insurance commissioner new power to fight health insurer. The biggest applause line Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) got at a gathering of Democratic Party activists last week came when she endorsed a ballot initiative to give the California Insurance Commissioner power to reject excessive health insurance rate increases. Consumer advocates there decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Just In, insurers Required to Speak Plain English</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/02/this-just-in-insurers-required-to-speak-plain-english/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HHS stiffens spine and requires health insurance companies to clearly explain their policies. All the attention paid to the debacle about coverage for contraceptives over the past several days obscured a broader, undisputed win for all consumers, including those who are pregnant or about to be pregnant. While the media was obsessing about the contraceptives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle for Vermont&#8217;s Health</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/02/the-battle-for-vermonts-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance firms seeking to sow doubt about proposed single-payer system. MONTPELIER, Vermont — You can’t see them. They’re hidden from view and probably always will be. But the health insurance industry’s big guns are in place and pointed directly at the citizens of Vermont. Health insurers were not able to stop the state’s drive last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Family&#8217;s Tragic Tale of Unaffordable Health Care</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/another-familys-tragic-tale-of-unaffordable-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/another-familys-tragic-tale-of-unaffordable-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plight of uninsured Alabama girl illustrates need for reform. “It shouldn’t be this way,” read the subject line of an email I received Friday morning from a conservative friend and fellow Southerner. “People shouldn’t have to beg for money to pay for medical care.” At first, I thought he was referring to my column last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The High Cost of Allowing Health Insurers To Continue Keeping Us In The Dark</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/the-high-cost-of-allowing-health-insurers-to-continue-keeping-us-in-the-dark/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/the-high-cost-of-allowing-health-insurers-to-continue-keeping-us-in-the-dark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his State of the Union address, President Obama said very little about health care reform, but what he did say was a reminder of how tight a grip the insurance industry has on the U.S. health care system &#8212; and will continue to have if the Affordable Care Act is not implemented as Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Park City Vantage Point Puts Tragedy of American Health Care in Vivid Relief</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/park-city-vantage-point-puts-tragedy-of-american-health-care-in-vivid-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/park-city-vantage-point-puts-tragedy-of-american-health-care-in-vivid-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grieving family of fallen Canadian skier Sarah Burke faces massive hospital bill it wouldn&#8217;t face at home. PARK CITY, Utah — The  journey I embarked on when I made the decision to leave a successful career in the health insurance business was a spiritual one. I can trace the decision to a true epiphany, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mitt&#8217;s Romney&#8217;s Dream World</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/mitts-romneys-dream-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Candidate&#8217;s contention that consumers can fire their health insurer doesn&#8217;t square with the grim reality. Poor Mitt Romney has taken a lot of heat since he said during a discussion about health care shortly before the New Hampshire primary that, &#8220;I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.” Most of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Santorum Would Be Insurers&#8217; Best Buddy</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/president-santorum-would-be-insurers-best-buddy/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2012/01/president-santorum-would-be-insurers-best-buddy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Pennsylvania senator was co-sponsor of misleading bill pushing health savings accounts. I don’t expect that Rick Santorum will be our next president, despite his near-win in Iowa and likely a decent showing in tomorrow’s New Hampshire primary. I’m pretty certain that when more voters become aware of his views and voting record, Santorum will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Medicare isn&#8217;t Medicare</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2011/12/when-medicare-isnt-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2011/12/when-medicare-isnt-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ryan&#8217;s plan would change health program by shifting risk to beneficiaries. Let’s say you have a Ford and decide to replace everything under the hood with Hyundai parts, including the engine and transmission. Could you still honestly market your car as a Ford? That question gets at the heart of the controversy over who is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Man Who Wasn&#8217;t There, Part III: Q&amp;A w/ Wendell Potter, Healthcare Executive Turned Whistleblower</title>
		<link>http://wendellpotter.com/2011/12/the-man-who-wasnt-there-part-iii-qa-w-wendell-potter-healthcare-executive-turned-whistleblower/</link>
		<comments>http://wendellpotter.com/2011/12/the-man-who-wasnt-there-part-iii-qa-w-wendell-potter-healthcare-executive-turned-whistleblower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendell Potter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Phawker.com,  Part III of an interview with Wendell by it’s editor in chief, Jonathan Valania. This is the third and final installment of a massive, 30,000 word, three-part Q&#38;A with Philadelphian Wendell Potter*, former mild-mannered Cigna health insurance executive turned whistle-blowing superman standing up for truth, justice and the American way. (You can read [...]]]></description>
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