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Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor
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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/34ac461e-b29e-41f4-a7d7-4ba8fde45f13/8564BC0F-D091-4BD8-83A9-48B334F3F810/" 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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><H1>Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor</H1></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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><P class="stand-first-alone" id="stand-first">When an insurance firm boss saw a field hospital for the poor in Virginia, he knew he had to speak out. Here, he tells Paul Harris of his fears for Obama's bid to bring about radical change</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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><UL class="article-attributes multi-pub"> <LI class="byline"> <A name="&lid={contentTypeByline}{Paul Harris}&lpos={contentTypeByline}{1}" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/paulharris">Paul Harris</A> </LI> <LI class="publication"> <A name="&lid={contentTypeByline}{The Observer}&lpos={contentTypeByline}{2}" href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk">The Observer</A>, Sunday 26 July 2009 </LI> <LI class="history"><A href="#history-byline" id="historylink-byline" class="rollover historylink">Article history</A></LI></UL></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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/042AA24C-493D-49DB-BE12-F9D82A4AFE21" alt="Dental care at a clinic in Wise Virginia" /></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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><P class="caption">Patients without health insurance get dental care at a free clinic in Wise, Virginia, held every July for the past three years. More than 25,000 were treated in a weekend Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images</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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change"><P>Wendell Potter can remember exactly when he took the first steps on his journey to becoming a whistleblower and turning against one of the most powerful industries in America.</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.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change">Potter, who had worked at Cigna for 15 years, decided to check it out. 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