The Real News Network has a seven part series on the healthcare system in the USA.<\/p>\n
I am going to list all 7 parts here. I came into this series at part 7, but all 7 parts are worth watching.<\/p>\n
Trump and Pelosi Both Cater to Private Health Insurance \u2013 RAI with Wendell Potter (1\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nTrump’s “great healthcare plan” and opposition to Medicare for All’s “socialism” and Pelosi’s defense of the ACA and opposition to single-payer are both aimed at garnering support from the private insurance industry. Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself hosted by Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Riveting Testimony at Historic Hearing on Medicare for All \u2013 RAI with Wendell Potter (2\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nThe House Rules Committee heard powerful testimony about the urgency of passing Medicare for All from Ady Barkan, who is in late stages of ALS. Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself hosted by Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Making of a Medical Insurance Spin Doctor \u2013 RAI with Wendell Potter (3\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nWendell Potter, author of \u2018Deadly Spin: How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving Americans\u2019, traces his life from growing up poor and Republican in Tennessee, to radicalization during the Vietnam War, to cynical journalist who just wanted to make money – on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Medical Insurance Companies Can Decide Who Lives and Dies \u2013 RAI with Wendell Potter (4\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nWhistleblower Wendell Potter says the death of a young woman denied care by the insurance company he worked for was a turning point in his life; he says these practices are still taking place under the Affordable Care Act – on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Health Insurance Abuses Continue in Spite of ACA \u2013 RAI with Wendell Potter (5\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nWe revisit Wendell Potter’s whistleblowing testimony that exposed how the insurance industry is more interested in pleasing Wall Street than in people’s care, and asked him if these abuses continued after the passing of the ACA–Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself, hosted by Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n More Die From Medical Insurance \u2018Aggressive Prior Authorization\u2019 Than Before ACA \u2013 Wendell Potter RAI (6\/7)<\/a>.<\/p>\n \nWall Street demands medical insurance companies maintain their profits under the Affordable Care Act, which means they get even more aggressive in denying coverage and creating insurance models that under-insure patients – Wendell Potter on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n