Fighting Big Insurance w/ Wendell Potter, Center for Health and Democracy

The health insurance industry in America is broken. What can we do about it? Wendell Potter, whistleblower and former health insurance industry exec, and founder of Center for Health and Democracy talks about Brian Thompson, the former UnitedHealthcare CEO, and the stories that have been revealed about the greedy underbelly of our health insurance system. Plus experts including show host, stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, Diane Archer from Just Care and Social Security Works, and Louise Norris from HealthInsurance.org answer your health insurance and health care questions. This episode includes more about the continuing Affordable Care Act open enrollment period, the upcoming Medicare Advantage open enrollment period, why NOLAgal may have gotten charged for her colonoscopy, and a retiree couple on Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) getting the hard sell to switch insurance plans. New episodes of Care Talk every Tuesday, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Text or call in your health insurance and health care questions in to (202) 838-6837 to get answers in future shows!