عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1608192814 (alk. paper)
(Number (ISBN
9781608192816 (alk. paper)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b516337
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Deadly spin :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
an insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans /
First Statement of Responsibility
Wendell Potter.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st U.S. ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Bloomsbury Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2010.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 277 p. ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In June 2009, Wendell Potter made national headlines with his scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform. This former senior VP of CIGNA explained how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, how they flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and how they skew political debate with multibillion-dollar PR campaigns designed to spread disinformation. Potter had walked away from a six-figure salary and two decades as an insurance executive because he could no longer abide the routine practices of an industry where the needs of sick and suffering Americans take a backseat to the bottom line. The last straw: when he visited a rural health clinic and saw hundreds of people standing in line in the rain to receive treatment in stalls built for livestock. In Deadly Spin, Potter takes readers behind the scenes to show how a huge chunk of our absurd healthcare spending actually bankrolls a propaganda campaign and lobbying effort focused on protecting one thing: profits. Whatever the fate of the current health care legislation, it makes no attempt to change that fundamental problem.
OTHER VARIANT TITLES
Variant Title
Insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Health insurance-- United States.
Insurance companies-- Public relations-- United States.
Delivery of Health Care-- economics-- United States.
Health Care Reform-- economics-- United States.
Health Care Sector-- economics-- United States.
Insurance, Health-- economics-- United States.
Public Relations-- economics-- United States.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
659
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2/936800973
Edition
22
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
2011
I-607
Class number
W
275
AA1
Book Number
P825d
2010
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Potter, Wendell,1951-
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
