Why Patients Need Political Power, Not Just Awareness with Matthew Zachary, CEO and Co-Founder of We The Patients

Podcast: Outcomes Rocket · Saul Marquez

Opublikowano: 2026-10-06

Patients are the largest unorganized constituency in American healthcare—and Matthew Zachary believes that needs to change. In this episode, I speak with Matthew Zachary, CEO and Co-Founder of We The Patients, brain cancer survivor, author of the book: We The Patients, founder of Stupid Cancer, and host of Out of Patients. Matthew shares why traditional advocacy built around awareness and moral arguments has not been enough to change healthcare policy. He explains his vision for organizing patients around shared economic interests, using the 3.5% rule as a framework for building real civic power. We also discuss how in...