How the Industry Shaped Health Care Reform

Just out: Deadly Spin by former Cigna communications head Wendell Potter.

Wonk Room: "Following a playbook developed by the tobacco industry, Potter describes how the insurance industry relied on professional public relations firms and a wide network of news outlets and conservative think tanks to move public opinion against progressive reforms like the public option and ensure that the health law did not interfere with its profits."

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