Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Out of Patients EP449: Coding the Invisible: Emily Mendenhall
Long COVID did not create a crisis. It exposed one. Patients without clear diagnoses lose access to care, coverage, and credibility. When medicine cannot measure your illness, the system moves on. Here is what that looks like and who pays the price
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Marc Elia chairs a biotech company and lives with Long COVID. On Out of Patients, he breaks down the invisible immunocompromised population, the limits of regulatory thinking, and why empathy without action leaves patients stranded.