Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary

Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.

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UnitedHealthcare Invited Journalists to Headquarters to Prove They’re the Good Guys. Then the CEO Called Wrongful Death Lawsuits “One-Offs.”

UnitedHealthcare invited journalists to headquarters to burnish its image. Then its CEO dismissed wrongful death lawsuits as “one-offs.” That phrase says everything about a system where denial, delay, and patient harm are treated as isolated incidents instead of the business model.

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Can We All Just Admit 2025 Was a Goddam Shitshow?

Congress left while ACA subsidies expired. Premiums spiked 114%. UnitedHealthcare dumped costly seniors. RFK Jr. gutted the CDC. NIH cancer research was slashed. The advocacy community stayed silent. 2025 was a catastrophe for patients. If you can't admit that, you're complicit. Be pissed.

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