Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Everyone Has a Solution for Patients. Except Patients.
Everyone has a solution for patients. But who gives patients power? After 30 years in healthcare advocacy, I'm asking whether Americans share a political identity as patients, and whether that identity could become a constituency capable of changing the system itself.
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Join the recurring Out of Patients dispatch from Matthew Zachary covering the latest American healthcare shenanigans. Essays, podcast episodes, media appearances, book updates, and live events delivered with a sardonic Gen X perspective from a patient who simply refuses to shut up.
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