Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Cost Plus vs Walgreens: My 90 Day Prescription Cost Less Without Insurance
I paid $13.18 for a 90 day prescription through Cost Plus. Walgreens charged $30 with insurance. Same drug. Same supply. This is what PBMs do to pricing and why transparency exposes the middlemen.
I went on Humanity Rx to say the quiet part clearly and attach names, timelines, and consequences to it.
Matthew Zachary joins Humanity Rx to break down how modern cancer care improves survival while leaving patients exposed to medical debt, prior authorization delays, and financial risk, and why policy change depends on organized patient power.
An Open Letter (Again) to Mark Cuban on Behalf of American Patients
Mark Cuban walked into the Senate with spreadsheets and receipts. He called PBMs a cartel. He saved Medicare $2 billion. But math doesn't show up at town halls. Receipts don't vote. Here's the hole in his equation and an invitation to fix it.
Mark Cuban Wants to Take Us Back To 1955
Mark Cuban exposes PBM corruption and champions transparent drug pricing. He is right about generics. He is wrong about cash solving catastrophic care. A brain cancer survivor explains why $12 prescriptions and $960,000 transplants live in different universes.
π Cuban Spotting: The Christmas Dispatch π
Mark Cuban made real moves on pricing and insurance consolidation. He also missed where leverage lives. This dispatch breaks down the wins the blind spots and why organized patients move markets faster than panels podcasts or policy talk alone.