Deadly Spin : An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

from arelenriel

This book was an interesting expose on the insurance industry in the United States and how they use spin doctors to make those who go against them appear in a negative light. Potter also explains why the move to nationalized health insurance for all has been blocked by big insurance at every turn...

from Illiniguy71

Much of what needs to be said about Deadly Spin has already been said by other LibraryThing Early Reviewers including queencersei, trinibaby9 and stevesmits. I required a very long time to read the book. It is not badly written despite the filler noted by an earlier reviewer. But for me, reading ...

from ridgeclub

Mr. Potter warns the reader to beware of whistle blowers' motives in his introduction.  He then describes U.S. health care as captive to special interests, medical or corporate, from its inception in the 1900s through Obama care.  Regardless of his own motives, it's a good overview for the uninit...

from walterqchocobo

This was a fascinating book by a former PR executive for CIGNA who decided that he needed to change careers. Potter ended up testifying in front of Congress during the debates over the health care reform law. In this easy to read book, he describes his personal involvement in many PR activities a...

from nmele

Potter's book is part autobiography and wholly expose from within of how the medical insurance industry corporations have repeatedly derailed efforts at health care reform. He also details the industry's duplicitous campaign, partly successful, to defeat the health care reform legislation which P...