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www.pbs.org Meet Wendell Potter. Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years to become a health reform advocate. Check out Potters personal story here and tune in to Bill Moyers Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings www.pbs.org ) for his experiences inside the health insurance industry, their work fighting a public option, and the insurance companies close ties to Washington. The entire interview will be available after broadcast at www.pbs.org/moyers www.pbs.org

Wendell Potter tells his story

www.pbs.org With almost 20 years inside the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are standing in the way of health care reform. Bill Moyers Journal airs Friday nights at 9pm on PBS. Check your local listings. www.pbs.org

When Nataline Sarkisyan was denied the liver transplant her doctor thought could save her life, her mother and father brought her fight to the doorsteps of CIGNA insurance. By her side was American SiCKO Donna Smith and the California Nurses Association. The media picked up on the story which quickly became a public relations nightmare for CIGNA because of the real nightmare the Sarkisyan family was living. With no other choice, CIGNA finally approved Nataline’s liver transplant but it was too late. Nataline died two hours later. Wendell Potter was a CIGNA executive at the time. He saw the Sarkisyan’s struggle from the inside of the profit-making company and knew that CIGNA would do whatever possible to protect the bottom line. Previously, potter had attended the premiere of ‘SiCKO’ with a large group of other insurance insiders set with the task of debunking the movie. But, instead, Potter was swayed and later said, “When I saw the movie, Ill be honest: I thought it was a real good documentary. I knew from my own studies of other healthcare systems that it was an accurate portrayal of those systems and how they are able to provide universal coverage.” Nataline Sarkisyan’s death was the last straw for Potter. He resigned from CIGNA, blew the whistle on the industry, and became an activist for health care reform. Here he is face-to-face with Nataline’s family for the first time. Watching it all unfold at www.michaelmoore.com

www.pbs.org insurance companies vs. Michael Moore. Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter, who left the field after almost 20 years to become a health reform advocate. Check out Potters take on the campaign against Michael Moores film Sicko and tune in to Bill Moyers Journal, Friday, July 10, 2009 at 9PM on PBS (check local listings www.pbs.org for his experiences inside the health insurance industry, their work fighting a public option, and the insurance companies close ties to Washington. The entire interview will be available after broadcast at www.pbs.org

The famous speech from George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) to Potter (Lionel Barrymore) and the loan board from Frank Capra’s movie It’s a Wonderful Life.