Wendell Potter: I Used to Be a Propagandist for [Health] Insurance Companies. Learn the Four Truths the Insurance Industry Doesn’t Want Americans to See
And this insight extends beyond healthcare, of course. These PR whores run the fucking world -- well, serve those that do, shall we say. Stop being thrown by this fourth-rate crap.
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The propaganda I used to churn out — and that my former colleagues still churn out — was intended to mislead, deceive and obscure the truth about the health care system in the United States. You can trust me on this. I was an insurance industry propagandist for nearly two decades.
The objective of my work back then was to manipulate public opinion so that the Congress and the public, too, would carry water for health insurers, just like the industry’s allies will gladly do at tomorrow’s hearing. (The difference is they are paid water carriers.)
Much of what will be said against Medicare for All at the hearing will be based on something people in the propaganda business call FUD. FUD stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. The industry and its allies want Americans to fear Medicare for All, feel uncertain about it and doubt that it will be in patients’ best interests.