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Deadly spin : an insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans / Wendell Potter.

Summary:

Potter shows how a huge chunk of health care spending actually bankrolls a propaganda campaign and lobbying effort focused on protecting one thing: profits.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1608192814
  • ISBN: 9781608192816
  • Physical Description: x, 277 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The beginning -- The campaign against SiCKO -- Perception is reality -- Remote area medical in Wise County, Virginia -- Health care history, reform, and failure -- Consumer-driven care -- It's all about the money -- An end too soon -- Erisa Stymies the Sarkisyans, and us -- A victory, of sorts -- The playbook -- Spinning out of control.
Subject: Health insurance > United States.
Insurance companies > Public relations > United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

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Harnett County Main Library 659.2 Pot (Text) 33630003933475 Adult Nonfiction Available -