Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
Out of Patients EP453: Mission, Margin, and the Women Left Waiting: Vasanta Pundarika
Women delay care while healthcare systems optimize around assumptions that no longer reflect how people live. Former healthcare investment banker Vasanta Pundarika explains how caregiving, behavioral health, women’s health, and capital incentives collide inside American healthcare.
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