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.
On 2-1/2 acres just off First Colonial Road in Virginia Beach, a one-story, red brick building matches the architecture of other surrounding structures.
Peoria, IL, USA 104.9 The Wolf
Peoria County Coroner s Office
PEORIA, Ill. Over the past few months, the Peoria County Coroner’s Office has used a Mobile Morgue to ensure, despite a rising number of local deaths, families’ loved ones were properly handled and cared for after their deaths.
On Monday, January 25, the Mobile Morgue Trailer was taken out of operation.
Coroner Jamie Harwood says an expected surge of COVID-related deaths after the holidays was significantly less and more manageable than anticipated.
“The Mobile Morgue suited our purpose, and the purpose of that was to make sure when people were passing away here in Peoria County and surrounding counties, we would have a proper disposition to place them in until a final disposition could be made,” he said. “Everyone deserves respect during their demise, so we were able to provide that for them.”
Introduction
In December 2020, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was
announced to be President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. s
pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The
California Attorney General s Office is the second largest
Justice Department in the United States, second only to the U.S.
Department of Justice, and California Attorney General Xavier
Becerra was the first Latino Attorney General in California s
history. Before becoming the Attorney General of California,
Becerra had a 24-year career in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
1 In 2017, Governor Jerry Brown
appointed Becerra to the last two years of Kamala Harris s term