Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
The Healthcare System Works Exactly as Designed. Cancer Patients Pay the Price.
Cancer patients increasingly absorb the financial risk of surviving disease in America. A brain cancer survivor examines how healthcare incentives, insurance design, and policy decisions shifted instability onto patients and families while institutions protect margins.
The National Health Council Is Hosting A Conference On AI And Patient Advocacy. There Are Zero Patients On The Panel.
A conference on patient advocacy with zero patients on the panel says everything. The industry keeps explaining itself while excluding the people who live the consequences. Here is what that looks like and why it keeps happening.
It's A Bird. It's A Plane. It's A Book Trailer! 🙀
After 30 years inside the healthcare system, Matthew Zachary watches his story and thousands of others come to life in a cinematic trailer for We the Patients and explains why this project now reaches far beyond a book.
23,000 LinkedIn Followers and the Reality of US Healthcare
23,000 people follow me on LinkedIn. They are patients, caregivers, and clinicians dealing with insurance denials, medical debt, and delays in care. Here is what they are seeing every day and why it reflects a much larger problem across US healthcare.
Why American Healthcare Delays Care and Denies Treatment
American healthcare delays care and denies treatment by design. Insurance rules, prior authorization, and administrative barriers control access to care, often slowing or blocking what doctors recommend and patients need.
American Harmcare: The System Working Exactly As Designed
A 30 year brain cancer survivor breaks down how insurance delays, denials, and red tape harm patients by design. This is not dysfunction. This is the business model.