{"product_id":"we-the-patients-understanding-navigating-and-surviving-americas-healthcare-nightmare-hardback-9781394381333","title":"We the Patients; Understanding, Navigating, and Surviving America's Healthcare Nightmare (Hardback) 9781394381333","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWe the Patients\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUnderstanding, Navigating, and Surviving America's Healthcare Nightmare\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew Zachary (Author), Jen Singer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394381333, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 May 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fiery yet hopeful portrait of a broken system.\" - Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake control of your healthcare and understand the rights that protect you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn America, it’s hard enough to stay healthy, but it’s doubly brutal when your care and your outcome hinge on one question: “What insurance do you have?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty years after surviving a rare brain tumor and earning, what \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine coined, “the people’s voice in healthcare,” Stupid Cancer founder Matthew Zachary learned how to bypass America’s convoluted healthcare system: \u003ci\u003eDon’t fix the system. Rig it in your favor\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWe the Patients: Understanding, Surviving, and Navigating America’s Healthcare Nightmare \u003c\/i\u003eshows you how to make the most of a convoluted system that’s built to confuse and exhaust the very people it claims to serve. This patient proclamation shows you how to stay truly alive even in the face of illness, make meaning from chaos, and channel anger into advocacy.  It covers:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eZachary’s crash course in the American healthcare system after a life-threatening diagnosis at 21 and his mission to make it “suck less” for the next patient\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe rise of patient advocacy and the growing movement to reclaim power from a system built to serve itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe coming Fifth Healthcare Revolution, driven by a newly organized electorate, and what it means for every American\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe the Patients\u003c\/i\u003e is an unfiltered look at what happens when the healthcare system fails real people. It’s a blueprint for fighting back, and a must-read for anyone navigating illness, caregiving, or just trying to stay human in a system that makes that harder and harder for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 We the Nightmare 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 We the Delayed and Denied 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 We the Survivors 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 We the Purpose- Seekers 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 We the Advocates 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 We the Consumers 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 We the Relentless 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 We the Organized 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 We the Patients 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 We the Revolution 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 221\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medicine: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medicine: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medicine:%20general%20issues%20%5BMB%5D%22\"\u003eMB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52470058582296,"sku":"9781394381333","price":17.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394381333.jpg?v=1785630746","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/we-the-patients-understanding-navigating-and-surviving-americas-healthcare-nightmare-hardback-9781394381333","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}