Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Dear ASCO, With Love, From Your Favorite Pain in the Ass Cancer Advocate
After 20 years at ASCO, I’ve watched patient advocates graduate from picnic tables to a beautiful lounge. But has our influence grown with the furniture? A love letter to organized oncology, political power, and why patients need more than a seat at someone else’s table.
Prevention Is Being Prevented
Patients and healthcare innovators may be fighting opposite sides of the same locked door. What that reveals about access, incentives, advocacy and the case for patient political power.
Out of Patients?
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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