Health Insurance Insider Wendell Potter to Appear on "Bill Moyers Journal"

PBS Program to air FRIDAY July 10, 2009 at 9 pm EDT
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Wendell Potter, a former health insurance industry insider, will discuss what he
calls the hijacking of health care by insurance companies and the obstacles they
present to health care reform on "Bill Moyers Journal" at 9 pm EDT on Friday
July 10, 2009.

Potter spent more than two decades watching insurance companies put profits
before patients. Now he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are
trying to influence health care reform.

Potter first spoke out against the industry last month in testimony before the
Senate Commerce Committee where he explained that "the industry's charm
offensive, which is the most visible part of a duplicitous and well-financed PR
and lobbying campaign, may well shape reform in a way that benefits Wall Street
far more than average Americans."

Mr. Potter spent more than 20 years as a public relations executive for two
large health insurers - Cigna and Humana - but left the industry after
witnessing practices he felt harmed American health care consumers. To him,
there was a heart-breaking discrepancy between Americans struggling to find
affordable, comprehensive coverage and wealthy insurance executives who based
their premium charges - and coverage decisions - on profits rather than people`s
health care needs.

He will discuss how big, for-profit insurers have hijacked our health care
system and turned it into a giant ATM for Wall Street investors and how the
industry is using its massive wealth and influence to determine what is (and is
not) included in the legislation currently before Congress.

WHO: Wendell Potter, Former Health Insurance Executive (Cigna and Humana Inc.)
and Senior Fellow on Health Care with the Center for Media and Democracy,
exposing the industry and telling America, "Don`t buy the hype."

WHAT: Bill Moyers interview with Wendell Potter

WHEN: Friday July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS

WHERE: Check local listings
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html

Center for Media and Democracy
Page Metcalf, (608) 260-9713

Copyright Business Wire 2009