Wendell Potter is known to many of us for his courageous stand against the healthcare industry. Having served as a corporate executive for Cigna and Humana for 20 years he left his job and decided to expose the unsavory PR practices of the insurance giants. Wendell went on to write two books, Deadly Spin and Nation on the Take. He is a strong advocate for truth in journalism and has just unveiled his new project called Tarbell. Please take a few minutes and listen to the wisdom of Wendell Potter. https://www.tarbell.org.

Wendell Potter is known to many of us for his courageous stand against the healthcare industry. Having served as a corporate executive for Cigna and Humana for 20 years he left his job and decided to expose the unsavory PR practices of the insurance giants. Wendell went on to write two books, Deadly Spin and Nation on the Take. He is a strong advocate for truth in journalism and has just unveiled his new project called Tarbell. Please take a few minutes and listen to the wisdom of Wendell Potter. https://www.tarbell.org.

Check out our exclusive weekly feature Healthcare In America with Donna Smith. Get the latest on big pharma, healthcare debates and debacles, behind the scenes hospital and healthcare mergers, the Medicare For All movement -- and the RN's and progressive activists and organizations on the front lines of it all.

Check out our exclusive weekly feature Healthcare In America with Donna Smith. Get the latest on big pharma, healthcare debates and debacles, behind the scenes hospital and healthcare mergers, the Medicare For All movement -- and the RN's and progressive activists and organizations on the front lines of it all.

Nurse Talk Radio visits with Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works about yet another disastrous healthcare replacement bill. The Graham Cassidy bill is worse than its predecessors and must be stopped. Nurses also rallied against the bill with Deborah Burger RN and Co-President of National Nurses United saying, “The provisions in the Graham-Cassidy Amendment would be devastating for millions of our patients." Please call United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 today to stop this proposed bill.

Nurse Talk Radio visits with Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works about yet another disastrous healthcare replacement bill. The Graham Cassidy bill is worse than its predecessors and must be stopped. Nurses also rallied against the bill with Deborah Burger RN and Co-President of National Nurses United saying, “The provisions in the Graham-Cassidy Amendment would be devastating for millions of our patients." Please call United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 today to stop this proposed bill.

Kaiser Health News correspondent Melissa Bailey joins Nurse Talk Radio for a discussion about her recent article about how Hospices are struggling with Opioids being stolen from Hospice patients by either relatives or in some cases Healthcare Workers. The discussion is not an indictment of hospice care in any way--but rather a call to action about the insidious nature of the opioid crisis.

Kaiser Health News correspondent Melissa Bailey joins Nurse Talk Radio for a discussion about her recent article about how Hospices are struggling with Opioids being stolen from Hospice patients by either relatives or in some cases Healthcare Workers. The discussion is not an indictment of hospice care in any way--but rather a call to action about the insidious nature of the opioid crisis.

According to a recent nationwide poll commissioned by the Doctor-Patient Rights Project (DPRP), more than 50 million Americans WITH health insurance may still lack access to essential treatments for chronic or persistent diseases because their insurance provider denied coverage. What's going on? Seth Ginsburg Co-Founder and CEO of the Global Healthy Living Foundation explains these disturbing findings.

According to a recent nationwide poll commissioned by the Doctor-Patient Rights Project (DPRP), more than 50 million Americans WITH health insurance may still lack access to essential treatments for chronic or persistent diseases because their insurance provider denied coverage. What's going on? Seth Ginsburg Co-Founder and CEO of the Global Healthy Living Foundation explains these disturbing findings.