Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor

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Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/26/us-healthcare-obama-barack-change

Paul Harris
The Observer, Sunday 26 July 2009

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.

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.

It was July 2007 and Potter, a senior executive at giant US healthcare firm Cigna, was visiting relatives in the poverty-ridden mountain districts of northeast Tennessee. He saw an advert in a local paper for a touring free medical clinic at a fairground just across the state border in Wise County, Virginia.