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Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter

Deadly Spin

An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans

by Wendell Potter
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  • Nov 9, 2010, 288 pages
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  • Sep 2011, 304 pages
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