This question is now a hot topic, mostly because of dis-information and fear being fueled by the insurance industry, and those financially benefiting from keeping the status quo.

A 20 year veteran of the insurance industry, turned whistle blower… Wendel Potter testifies before congress as a very strong advoacte of insurance reform here in the US.

From the PBS Bill Moyers show… Bill Moyers interviews former health insurance industry executive Wendell Potter.
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In his first extended television interview since leaving the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter tells Bill Moyers why he left his successful career as the head of Public Relations for CIGNA, one of the nation’s largest insurers, and decided to speak out against the industry. “I didn’t intend to [speak out], until it became really clear to me that the industry is resorting to the same tactics they’ve used over the years, and particularly back in the early ’90s, when they were leading the effort to kill the Clinton plan.”
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Here are two excerpts from that interview…

And another interview with Democracy Now!

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/profile.html