From Insurance Executive to Healthcare Whistleblower: Wendell Potter, President and Editor in Chief, Center for Health and Democracy and Health Care Un-Covered

In this powerful episode of Risk and Resolve, Wendell Potter shares his journey from health insurance executive at Cigna and Humana to becoming one of the most prominent whistleblowers in American healthcare reform. After decades inside the system, Wendell reveals how corporate priorities, shareholder pressure, and political influence shaped the modern insurance landscape—and why he ultimately chose to testify before Congress.Main Talking Points:        •        Growing up in rural Tennessee and early journalism career        •        Transition from reporter to insurance executive at Humana and Cigna        •        Inside look at shareholder-driven healthcare corporations        •        How propaganda shaped public opinion on healthcare reform        •        The rise of high-deductible plans and “consumer-driven healthcare”        •        The Clinton healthcare battle and the Affordable Care Act        •        Medicare Advantage, vertical integration, and PBMs explained        •        The “road to Damascus” moment that changed his life        •        Testifying before Congress and becoming a whistleblower        •        What a fair and sustainable healthcare system could look like