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Health Insurance INSIDER blows the WHISTLE
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a731e3ae-7788-4042-b521-2f1689d5ea66/4718B6AC-3448-4118-8D39-F27E66A6CB0E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./" href="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternet.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><P class="storyheadline">A Health Insurance Insider Blows the Whistle.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><DIV class="teaserleft"> Read shocking testimony on how a health insurance insider blows the leads on health insurance </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><EM>“My name is Wendell Potter and for 20 years, I worked as a senior executive at health insurance companies, and I saw how they confuse their customers and dump the sick—all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors.”</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><P>With that powerful indictment, Mr. Potter began his <A href="http://commerce.senate.gov/public/_files/PotterTestimonyConsumerHealthInsurance.pdf">testimony</A> on “Consumer Choices and Transparency in the Health Insurance Industry” before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on June 24, 2009.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><P>His testimony made clear that for all the health insurance industry's claims of wanting to provide people with good care, <STRONG>an insurance company's bottom line is always its most important consideration</STRONG>:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/140942/a_health_insurance_insider_blows_the_whistle./"><P><STRONG>So how do health insurers strive to meet Wall Street’s expectations?</STRONG> By providing better care and service to attract members? 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