43cc

Written by: Wendy Dean MD and Matthew Ramsey MD
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  • The Truth About Healthcare (with a shot to dull the pain). Doctors are frustrated. Patients are frustrated. And none of us can get a straight answer on how to make it better … like, really make it better … honestly, we really need to make it better … because it could drive you to drink . . . Cue 43cc. A bi-weekly podcast that exposes how doctors really feel about healthcare in America, 43cc offers raw (and often irreverent) insider knowledge to help patients, and fellow healthcare practitioners, look 'behind the curtain'. Through exposing some hard truths (while imbibing some not-so-soft drinks) 43cc aims to break the stigma, fill gaps, and lower frustration levels for patients and providers. Hosts Wendy Dean, MD and Matt Ramsey, MD bring together decades of knowledge, experience, and an uncanny ability to mesh intricate medical expertise with skillfully used profanity. We’ll uncover a wide range of topics like electronic medical records, prior authorization, consolidation, corporatization, bureaucratic bs, shareholder primacy, private equity, and other nonsense that makes our heads hurt and our patients suffer. Dr. Wendy Dean practiced emergency medicine and psychiatry, was instrumental in developing the US Army’s hand and face transplant research program, and was an executive in a half-billion dollar nonprofit. She gave that all up when the challenges of getting high quality healthcare nearly cost her physician husband his life. She is now the leading voice for reframing health worker distress to include moral injury, and is the author of, If I Betray These Words. Dr. Matt Ramsey is a board-certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with a subspecialty interest in shoulder & elbow conditions. He has a passion for patient care, education of the next generation of physicians and research. An extensive number of publications and invitational lectures solidify Dr. Ramsey as a key physician among his medical peers. Dr. Ramsey is an advocate for physician leadership in healthcare and believes that the solutions for the current issues in healthcare will emerge out of a partnership of patients and their providers. Join us for a drink, a rant, a laugh, and an open forum on solutions to healthcare’s most pressing problems. The 43cc Podcast is produced by Jill Ruby.
    2023
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Episodes
  • Will Unions Help Us Organize?

    Will Unions Help Us Organize?
    Feb 13 2025

    Corporatized healthcare increasingly views physicians as ‘interchangeable workers’ rather than the irreplaceable specialists they are. Many are turning to unions to strengthen their voice. Kelly Nedrow, a lawyer and senior advisor for health issues with the American Federation of Teachers, talks with us about how organizing in healthcare unions can help physicians strategize for shared governance and better work environments.
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    45 mins
  • Making a Case for Play at Work

    Making a Case for Play at Work
    Jan 30 2025

    We’re losing play in medicine. Why should that matter? Because play isn’t immature, idle nonsense or about just blowing off steam in the moment. It has deeper roles in how we engage in groups, how we connect with each other, and how we process difficult situations.
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    41 mins
  • Introducing... "Who Kicked the Keg?"

    Introducing... "Who Kicked the Keg?"
    Jan 23 2025

    In our version of a stock ticker, this new segment will get you up to speed on who's gone bankrupt, who's sold out, and any other juicy healthcare market news you need to know to be an informed participant in this thing called US healthcare.
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    7 mins

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