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43cc

43cc

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 Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Is PE Losing Its Luster?

    Is PE Losing Its Luster?
    8 Oct 2026

    According to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, "PE has invested over $1 trillion in the US healthcare sector over the last decade, touching virtually every corner of the industry – including hospitals, outpatient providers, clinical research, durable medical equipment, home health and hospice, prison healthcare, and more". Jim Baker, Executive Director of PESP, joins us to talk about how the landscape of private equity is changing and what that might mean for healthcare."
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    34 min
  • Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class

    Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class
    24 Sep 2026

    In guiding our kids along the traditional path to professional success, are we really setting them up for failure? College is heralded as necessary for a promising career, but many colleges today can't deliver on the promises they make - and they know it. New York Times reporter Noam Scheiber joins us to talk about his book Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College Educated Working Class, and our collective responsibility to the next generation.
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    1 hr and 7 min
  • On Dignity

    On Dignity
    10 Sep 2026
    Conflict is inevitable, but lip service in lieu of resolution doesn't need to be. Dr. Donna Hicks, Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and author of "Dignity", walks us through the key elements that contribute to positive outcomes in conflict resolution, and how we can maintain our dignity - and the dignity of others - while at the negotiating table.
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    41 min
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