# Cigna on The No Agenda Show

Cigna comes up in 3 chapters across 3 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from September 2012 to December 2024.

- **Chapters:** 3
- **Episodes:** 3
- **Discussed:** September 2012 – December 2024
- **Related topics:** [Wendell Potter](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/wendell-potter.md), [Affordable Care Act](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/affordable-care-act.md), [Hiv](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/hiv.md), [Magic Johnson](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/magic-johnson.md), [Medicare For All](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/medicare-for-all.md), [Pfizer](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pfizer.md), [Pharmaceutical Industry](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/pharmaceutical-industry.md), [Ritonavir](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ritonavir.md), [State Department](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/state-department.md), [Unitedhealthcare](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/unitedhealthcare.md)

## Chapters 1–3 of 3

### Wendell Potter Critiques Health Insurance Industry Following Corporate Assassination

- **Episode:** [1720: Psyop Season](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1720-psyop-season.md)
- **Published:** 2024-12-12
- **Time:** 34:23–40:21
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1720-psyop-season/chapter/wendell-potter-critiques-health-insurance-industry-following-corporate-assassination.md

Former Cigna executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter appeared on MSNBC to discuss how the "corporate assassination" of Brian Thompson coincided with UnitedHealthcare's investor day. Potter, author of *Deadly Spin*, argues that the industry's "slavish devotion to Wall Street" leads to deliberate delays and denials of care to meet profit expectations. While Potter has been a vocal advocate for Medicare-for-all since 2018, critics point to his organization's ties to ActBlue as evidence of a partisan agenda promoting socialized medicine.

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### Magic Johnson, Pfizer COVID Pill, HIV Drug Combinations

- **Episode:** [1397: ok zoomer](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1397-ok-zoomer.md)
- **Published:** 2021-11-07
- **Time:** 10:58–17:14
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1397-ok-zoomer/chapter/magic-johnson-pfizer-covid-pill-hiv-drug-combinations.md

Pfizer announced a new antiviral COVID-19 pill that utilizes a combination with the widely used HIV drug Ritonavir. Former NBA player Magic Johnson appeared in media interviews discussing his long-term HIV protocol and the need for drugs to prolong life, which is interpreted as a marketing effort to normalize daily antiviral "cocktails." The discussion suggests these treatments may be positioned to address autoimmune issues allegedly arising from vaccine breakthrough cases.

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### Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin, State Department Comedy Tour

- **Episode:** [445: Insider Attacks](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/445-insider-attacks.md)
- **Published:** 2012-09-20
- **Time:** 5:00–6:47
- **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/445-insider-attacks/chapter/wendell-potter-deadly-spin-state-department-comedy-tour.md

Adam Curry discusses meeting Wendell Potter, the former Cigna executive and author of "Deadly Spin," who spoke before him at the Cusp Conference. Potter's work regarding the "sickness industry" previously inspired Curry to investigate pharmaceutical company PowerPoint presentations and vaccine marketing strategies. Curry also mentions meeting Indian comedians who were part of a controversial $180,000 State Department-funded tour of India.

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