Wendell Potter
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Potter in 2010
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July 16, 1951 United States |
| Occupation | Consumer advocate, author |
Wendell Potter (born July 16, 1951) is an American consumer advocate, New York Times bestselling author, consultant, and former health insurance industry executive. A critic of HMOs and of the tactics used by insurers, Potter is also an advocate for major reforms of the industry, including universal health care. Prior to his resignation in 2008, Potter was vice president of corporate communications for the health insurance company CIGNA. In June 2009, he testified against the HMO industry in the U.S. Senate to expose health insurance industry practices. He has served as senior analyst at the Center for Public Integrity, a fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy, and a consumer liaison representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Potter is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Healthinsurance.org.
Potter is in the process of launching his new media venture, Tarbell, a nonprofit news website that will tackle corporate moneyed interests' influence on finance, politics, energy, race relations, and health care.
Wendell Potter was born on July 16, 1951 to Blaine and Pearl Potter. Raised in Mountain City, Tennessee, Potter was born in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Potter was the first in his family to complete college, graduating from the University of Tennessee, where he edited the student newspaper Daily Beacon in 1973.
Potter was employed by Humana in Kentucky before moving to Pennsylvania to work for CIGNA in 1993. He began his journey towards resigning and becoming a consumer advocate in July 2007, when he saw a touring free clinic run by Remote Area Medical in rural Virginia.
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