Magazine editor shares how he got access to health insurer’s darkest secrets

Magazine editor shares how he got access to health insurer’s darkest secrets

How does a magazine copy editor get former executives to reveal the unsavory details of the U.S. health insurance industry? For Chris Stanton, an editor at New York Magazine who also writes about culture, politics and health insurance, the answer is twofold: First, be prepared for the unexpected, and second, have good sources. Or at least one solid source: Wendell Potter, who was a health insurance executive before he became a whistleblower. Pot…