Matthew Zachary
@matthewzachary.bsky.social
Unfiltered Voice of Reason | Cancer Survivor • Keynote Speaker • Cultural Critic • Podcast Pioneer • Troublemaker • Stupid Cancer Founder • Book Coming 2026 • Patients First, Always
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@mcuban.bsky.social accidentally became the Robin Hood of healthcare. He didn’t ask for it. We noticed anyway.
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
@mcuban.bsky.social accidentally became the Robin Hood of healthcare. He didn’t ask for it. We noticed anyway.
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social accidentally became the Robin Hood of healthcare. He didn’t ask for it. We noticed anyway.
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
Read The Patron Saint of Patients. emz.ee/3J0PtV3
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Grateful to @matthewzachary.bsky.social for his deeply probing questions + shared dark humor during our live, unscripted conversation in his famous "Out of Patients" health podcast ~ at: www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #Scicomm #Genetics #Memoir #Raredisease #Newbornscreening #healthcarereform
The Genes of Wrath: Jennifer J. Brown
Jennifer J. Brown is a scientist, a writer, and a mother who never got the luxury of separating those roles. Her memoir When the Baby Is Not OK: Hopes & Genes is a …
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October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Grateful to @matthewzachary.bsky.social for his deeply probing questions + shared dark humor during our live, unscripted conversation in his famous "Out of Patients" health podcast ~ at: www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #Scicomm #Genetics #Memoir #Raredisease #Newbornscreening #healthcarereform
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🧬The Genes of Wrath ~ 🎧podcast episode's up! On "Out of Patients" ~ about disconnects between medical knowledge + human connection, rare disease parenting, trauma + survival while flipping the script. www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #raredisease #memoir #PKU #books @matthewzachary.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🧬The Genes of Wrath ~ 🎧podcast episode's up! On "Out of Patients" ~ about disconnects between medical knowledge + human connection, rare disease parenting, trauma + survival while flipping the script. www.outofpatients.com/the-genes-of... #raredisease #memoir #PKU #books @matthewzachary.bsky.social
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Very excited to see the first episode of a new 🎙️ #podcast project on @matthewzachary.bsky.social 's Out of Patients Network - called Standard Deviation out today. We tell the stories of scientists facing adversity. Thanks MZ for the opportunity! Take a listen www.outofpatients.com/introducing-...
Introducing Standard Deviation EP1: The Impossible Climb
This episode of Standard Deviation features Oliver Bogler in conversation with Dr Na Zhao, a cancer biologist caught in the crossfire of science, politics, and surv…
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October 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Very excited to see the first episode of a new 🎙️ #podcast project on @matthewzachary.bsky.social 's Out of Patients Network - called Standard Deviation out today. We tell the stories of scientists facing adversity. Thanks MZ for the opportunity! Take a listen www.outofpatients.com/introducing-...
US Healthcare is a horror show. Premiums up 18 percent. Subsidies vanish. Families forced to earn less just to stay insured. @danweissmann.bsky.social Arm and a Leg lays it out like no one else.
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#HealthCare #ACA #PatientRights #ArmAndALeg
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#HealthCare #ACA #PatientRights #ArmAndALeg
Arms and Legs and Podcasts, oh my!
Dan Weissmann is the Ferris Bueller of healthcare journalism.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
US Healthcare is a horror show. Premiums up 18 percent. Subsidies vanish. Families forced to earn less just to stay insured. @danweissmann.bsky.social Arm and a Leg lays it out like no one else.
thematthewzachary.substack.com/p/arms-and-l...
#HealthCare #ACA #PatientRights #ArmAndALeg
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#HealthCare #ACA #PatientRights #ArmAndALeg
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This scary calculator is SUPER relevant to anybody looking at Obamacare for 2026
... and plays a big role in @armandalegshow.bsky.social's brand-new episode.
It's personal — and full of info that you, or someone you care about, probably need too.
armandalegshow.com/episode/insu...
... and plays a big role in @armandalegshow.bsky.social's brand-new episode.
It's personal — and full of info that you, or someone you care about, probably need too.
armandalegshow.com/episode/insu...
September 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This scary calculator is SUPER relevant to anybody looking at Obamacare for 2026
... and plays a big role in @armandalegshow.bsky.social's brand-new episode.
It's personal — and full of info that you, or someone you care about, probably need too.
armandalegshow.com/episode/insu...
... and plays a big role in @armandalegshow.bsky.social's brand-new episode.
It's personal — and full of info that you, or someone you care about, probably need too.
armandalegshow.com/episode/insu...
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For the last six months, my colleagues and I have been compiling our best "playbook" for dealing with the awful price of meds — with suggestions from dozens of listeners and readers.
Now, we've published the results — five newsletter posts, two podcast episodes, and more:
armandalegshow.com/drugs/
Now, we've published the results — five newsletter posts, two podcast episodes, and more:
armandalegshow.com/drugs/
July 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
For the last six months, my colleagues and I have been compiling our best "playbook" for dealing with the awful price of meds — with suggestions from dozens of listeners and readers.
Now, we've published the results — five newsletter posts, two podcast episodes, and more:
armandalegshow.com/drugs/
Now, we've published the results — five newsletter posts, two podcast episodes, and more:
armandalegshow.com/drugs/
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Some real holy-crap numbers here.
We spend 80% more than the avg for Western Europe/Japan/Australia
… and see our doctors HALF as often.
We spend 80% more than the avg for Western Europe/Japan/Australia
… and see our doctors HALF as often.
We in the U.S. use less care than in other countries, but pay more.
www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...
www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...
How healthcare prices and utilization in the United States compare to peer nations? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
This chart collection compares indicators of health care utilization and prices in the United States and 11 similarly wealthy countries to investigate whether higher prices or higher utilization of he...
www.healthsystemtracker.org
September 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Some real holy-crap numbers here.
We spend 80% more than the avg for Western Europe/Japan/Australia
… and see our doctors HALF as often.
We spend 80% more than the avg for Western Europe/Japan/Australia
… and see our doctors HALF as often.
You know what it is. #StupidCancer #TGIF
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
You know what it is. #StupidCancer #TGIF
I’m emceeing the ABTA BT5K in NYC this fall. From 21-year-old brain cancer patient to 30-year survivor, this one hits home. Read the story on Substack:
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#BrainTumorAwareness #ABTA #BT5K #CancerSurvivor
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#BrainTumorAwareness #ABTA #BT5K #CancerSurvivor
September 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m emceeing the ABTA BT5K in NYC this fall. From 21-year-old brain cancer patient to 30-year survivor, this one hits home. Read the story on Substack:
emz.ee/3VxleaF
#BrainTumorAwareness #ABTA #BT5K #CancerSurvivor
emz.ee/3VxleaF
#BrainTumorAwareness #ABTA #BT5K #CancerSurvivor
RFK Jr. is gutting the CDC like a frat house prank gone national. Public health is not supposed to be a circus. Patients will pay with their lives while politics plays pretend.
Read my full take: emz.ee/4p3niov
#PublicHealth
Read my full take: emz.ee/4p3niov
#PublicHealth
CDC 911
Nine former CDC directors from both parties took the unusual step of writing a joint essay in the New York Times warning that Robert F.
emz.ee
September 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
RFK Jr. is gutting the CDC like a frat house prank gone national. Public health is not supposed to be a circus. Patients will pay with their lives while politics plays pretend.
Read my full take: emz.ee/4p3niov
#PublicHealth
Read my full take: emz.ee/4p3niov
#PublicHealth
17 years ago at @StupidCancer I built the first OMG! Cancer Summit. Today, CancerCon 2025 in DC showed me what it has become: a home for survivors, caregivers, and advocates who refuse to be ignored. Loud. Proud. Not going away. Read my recap: emz.ee/41uooj2 #CancerCon
CancerCon 2025: Loud, Proud, and Not Going Away
You Know What It Is
emz.ee
September 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
17 years ago at @StupidCancer I built the first OMG! Cancer Summit. Today, CancerCon 2025 in DC showed me what it has become: a home for survivors, caregivers, and advocates who refuse to be ignored. Loud. Proud. Not going away. Read my recap: emz.ee/41uooj2 #CancerCon
Labor Day honors all work. Nurses on double shifts. Caregivers with two jobs. Advocates pounding on locked doors. Patients like me, fighting disease while fighting the system. America celebrates labor. America must also protect it. #LaborDay emz.ee/3Vu6NUI
September 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Labor Day honors all work. Nurses on double shifts. Caregivers with two jobs. Advocates pounding on locked doors. Patients like me, fighting disease while fighting the system. America celebrates labor. America must also protect it. #LaborDay emz.ee/3Vu6NUI
The government just shrugged off pediatric brain cancer. Thirty years a survivor, I watch this move reopen every scar. Enough is enough. Read my full takedown, @danweissmann.bsky.social ssmann—let’s light a match under real change. (Maybe a pod guest swap soon?)
emz.ee/41YbKsE
emz.ee/41YbKsE
August 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The government just shrugged off pediatric brain cancer. Thirty years a survivor, I watch this move reopen every scar. Enough is enough. Read my full takedown, @danweissmann.bsky.social ssmann—let’s light a match under real change. (Maybe a pod guest swap soon?)
emz.ee/41YbKsE
emz.ee/41YbKsE
🚨SEASON 8 FINALE 🚨15-year-old Lexi Silver lost both parents before she turned 11. She writes about grief with zero filter and calls out every lie adults tell kids like her. We talked about loss, trolls, poetry, anger, and what real resilience looks like in 2025. emz.ee/4oc5oPK
July 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨SEASON 8 FINALE 🚨15-year-old Lexi Silver lost both parents before she turned 11. She writes about grief with zero filter and calls out every lie adults tell kids like her. We talked about loss, trolls, poetry, anger, and what real resilience looks like in 2025. emz.ee/4oc5oPK
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“If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors.”
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Potentially huge (and complicated).
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Potentially huge (and complicated).
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
An Attack on the Medical Establishment Buried in an 1,800-Page Regulation
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors.”
(Gift link)
Potentially huge (and complicated).
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
(Gift link)
Potentially huge (and complicated).
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
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A credit counselor told me she *routinely* referred clients to the CFPB when creditors acted unfairly. And it worked. Now...
"CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House."
apnews.com/article/cfpb...
"CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House."
apnews.com/article/cfpb...
Employees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump
Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.
apnews.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A credit counselor told me she *routinely* referred clients to the CFPB when creditors acted unfairly. And it worked. Now...
"CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House."
apnews.com/article/cfpb...
"CFPB employees say they essentially spend the workday sitting on their hands, forbidden from doing any work by directive from the White House."
apnews.com/article/cfpb...
Best. Father's Day. Ever.
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Best. Father's Day. Ever.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Are you at ASCO and need a quick, very entertaining break? Head on over to Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary, and listen to No One Told Me?! COVID and Cancer! @ascocancer.bsky.social @matthewzachary.bsky.social
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May 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Are you at ASCO and need a quick, very entertaining break? Head on over to Out of Patients with Matthew Zachary, and listen to No One Told Me?! COVID and Cancer! @ascocancer.bsky.social @matthewzachary.bsky.social
www.outofpatients.com/bonus-no-one...
www.outofpatients.com/bonus-no-one...
19 years ago today, I launched The Stupid Cancer Show and accidentally changed healthcare media forever. If Out of Patients ever made you feel seen, go drop a 5-star review. Let’s make some noise.
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
19 years ago today, I launched The Stupid Cancer Show and accidentally changed healthcare media forever. If Out of Patients ever made you feel seen, go drop a 5-star review. Let’s make some noise.
Lisa Shufro coached scientists to not suck on stage. We talk TEDMed, Richard Simmons, cancer storytelling, AI, and why your pitch deck still sucks. Listen now.
outofpatients.com
outofpatients.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lisa Shufro coached scientists to not suck on stage. We talk TEDMed, Richard Simmons, cancer storytelling, AI, and why your pitch deck still sucks. Listen now.
outofpatients.com
outofpatients.com
🚨New episode: Sally Wolf survived Stage 4 breast cancer, danced through it (literally), and now schools us on what living really means. Smart, raw, hilarious. Don’t miss this.
🎧 outofpatients.com
🎧 outofpatients.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨New episode: Sally Wolf survived Stage 4 breast cancer, danced through it (literally), and now schools us on what living really means. Smart, raw, hilarious. Don’t miss this.
🎧 outofpatients.com
🎧 outofpatients.com
New #OutOfPatients: Matthew Zachary sits down with OCRA CEO Audra Moran to talk nonprofit leadership, ovarian cancer, AI, fallopian tubes, and Terminator 2. Yes, really. Listen now: outofpatients.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New #OutOfPatients: Matthew Zachary sits down with OCRA CEO Audra Moran to talk nonprofit leadership, ovarian cancer, AI, fallopian tubes, and Terminator 2. Yes, really. Listen now: outofpatients.com