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Notes on Wendell Potter, and Why Companies Support the Individual Mandate

Elaine Schattner, MD

The current debate about the individual mandate reminded me to post this – About a year ago, I had the opportunity to hear Wendell Potter, author of Deadly Spin – an insider’s sharp critique of the insurance industry, speak at a meeting of the New York Metropolitan Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program. Despite […]

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Quote of the Day: On Death Panels and the Insurance Industry, From Dr. Donald Berwick

Elaine Schattner, MD

Dr. Donald Berwick left his position last week as head of CMS. He said this, as quoted in the WSJ’s Washington Wire, yesterday: “Maybe a real death panel is a group of people who tell health care insurers that is it OK to take insurance away from people because they are sick or are at […]

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