AMERICAN
PATIENT RIGHTS ACTIVIST

MATTHEW ZACHARY

MATTHEW ZACHARY

AMERICAN
PATIENT RIGHTS
ACTIVIST

AMERICAN PATIENT RIGHTS ACTIVIST

30-Year Cancer Survivor

Author and Speaker

Podcast Pioneer

Unfiltered Voice of Reason

30-Year Cancer Survivor

Author and Speaker

Podcast Pioneer

Unfiltered Voice of Reason

It’s time to rig the system in our favor.

WELCOME TO AMERICAN HEALTHCARE

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It’s time to rig the system in our favor.

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Fortune 500 companies and diverse clients around the world have entrusted their audiences to Matthew at some of healthcare’s biggest stages.

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ENGAGING HEALTHCARE AUDIENCES SINCE 1998

Fortune 500 companies and diverse clients around the world have entrusted their audiences to Matthew at some of healthcare’s biggest stages.

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OUT OF PATIENTS

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Podcast

WITH MATTHEW ZACHARY

The longest-running independent healthcare podcast

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Since 2007, Matthew’s been calling out the hypocrisy, hubris, and coercive shenanigans baked into American healthcare, with a mic in one hand and a middle finger in the other.

For three decades, Matthew Zachary has been standing up for patients inside a healthcare system that prioritizes profits.

“The People’s Voice in Healthcare”
– People magazine

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“A Pioneer and Provocateur.” — Atlantic
“An Incomparable Storyteller.” — Klick Health
“MZ Is Why We Do What We Do.” — AbbVie
“A Real American Advocate.” — Walgreens
“He Really Rallied the Troops.” — Amgen

TRUSTED SOURCE

“Matthew Zachary is the irreverent, informed friend you WISH you could talk to when the American healthcare system has you screaming or crying."

Susannah Fox, Author
Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care

For three decades, Matthew Zachary has been standing up for patients inside a healthcare system that prioritizes profits.

“The People’s Voice in Healthcare”
– People magazine

“A Pioneer and Provocateur.” — Atlantic
“An Incomparable Storyteller.” — Klick Health
“MZ Is Why We Do What We Do.” — AbbVie
“A Real American Advocate.” — Walgreens
“He Really Rallied the Troops.” — Amgen

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CHANGING LIVES

One patient at a time

Matthew’s ability to balance raw honesty with humor, heart, and humanity makes this a must listen show for all podcast listeners. He asks hard questions and addresses uncomfortable truths about how insurance design, regulatory gaps, and administrative systems shape patient outcomes. His work extends beyond storytelling into Patient Rights Activism, a policy centered discipline focused on accountability and structural reform.

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Out of Patients?

Join the recurring Out of Patients dispatch from Matthew Zachary covering the latest American healthcare shenanigans. Essays, podcast episodes, media appearances, book updates, and live events delivered with a sardonic Gen X perspective from a patient who simply refuses to shut up.

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