Wendell Potter
First, the warning: As Colorado lawmakers consider the “Colorado Option” public health plan in the coming months, the insurance industry and its front groups will besiege Coloradans with a tidal wave of propaganda. You see, the Colorado option would help the people of Colorado save on medical bills, but the private insurers would lose massive profits if it came to pass. So the insurance companies will dump an unholy amount of cash in the state to wage a disinformation campaign, in an attempt to turn people against the idea.
Here’s my confession: I know this is the playbook the industry will use, because, to my great regret, I am the one who helped write it. For two decades, I was an executive at major health insurance companies, where my job was to craft propaganda designed to protect my companies’ profits, even as that meant preventing Americans from getting affordable health coverage. Eventually, I left the business because my conscience simply could not de
To the good people of Colorado, I offer a warning and a confession.
First, the warning: As Colorado lawmakers consider the “Colorado Option” public health plan in the coming months, the insurance industry and its front groups will besiege Coloradans with a tidal wave of propaganda. You see, the Colorado Option would help the people of Colorado save on medical bills, but the private insurers would lose massive profits if it came to pass. So, the insurance companies will dump an unholy amount of cash in the state to wage a disinformation campaign in an attempt to turn people against the idea.