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‘An Arm And a Leg’: How a Former Health Care Executive Became a Health Care Whistleblower


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Former health care executive Wendell Potter spent part of 2020 publishing for the work he used to do — the lies he said he told the American people for his old employers. These days, he said, he’s also trying to debunk myths he once sold.

“What I used to do for a living was mislead people into thinking that we had the best health care system in the world,� Potter said.

In this episode, Potter talks about his transformation from health care executive to health care whistleblower. His is also a story about the long, messy process of change — whether that’s changing your own life or trying to change a bigger system.

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