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Jay Rockefeller: Wendell Potter...called them 'fake insurance'--his words--designed to earn big profits for the insurers but provide…

On the recordNovember 30, 2010
Wendell Potter...called them 'fake insurance'--his words--designed to earn big profits for the insurers but provide little value to customers.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Critique of mini-med insurance as profit-driven and ineffective.

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