Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
We The Patients In The Front Window Of The Flagship Barnes & Noble On Fifth Avenue In Manhattan.
We the Patients is in the front window of Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue. For Matthew Zachary, the surreal milestone is about more than seeing his book on display. It’s about seeing patients, and the idea of patients as a constituency, finally occupying some very public real estate.
The Missing Constituency: What Comes Next for Patient Advocacy
Patients have always had the numbers. What they have never had is a shared political identity. After 30 years in patient advocacy, Matthew Zachary argues that the next chapter may be transforming shared healthcare experiences into civic and political power.