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Potter, Wendell, 1951-

Deadly spin : an insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans / Insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans Wendell Potter. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2010. - x, 277 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781608192816 (alk. paper) 1608192814 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010022700

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Health insurance--United States.
Insurance companies--Public relations--United States.
Insurance, Health--economics--United States.
Delivery of Health Care--economics--United States.
Health Care Reform--economics--United States.
Health Care Sector--economics--United States.
Public Relations--economics--United States.

LC Class. No.: HG9383 / P866d 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 659.2/936800973

National Library of Medicine Call No.: W 275 AA1 / P825d 2010