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# An Insider on the Constant Campaign to Make Non-American Healthcare Look Like an Apocalypse
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/an-insider-on-the-constant-campaign-to-make-non-american-healthcare-look-like-an-apocalypse/
- Published: 2020-10-28T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T14:00:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Health insurance whistleblower: I lied to Americans about Canadian medicine - The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/06/health-insurance-canada-lie/?arc404=true&ref=birchtree.me)

> Of the many regrets I have about what I once did for a living, one of the biggest is slandering Canada’s health-care system. If the United States had undertaken a different kind of reform in 2009 (or anytime since), one that didn’t rely on private insurance companies that have every incentive to limit what they pay for, we’d be a healthier country today.

Wendell Potter ran disinformation campaigns to scare Americans about what Canadian healthcare looked like. He's done, but others have taken his place.