43cc

43cc

Wendy Dean, MD and Matthew Ramsey, MD

Episodes 83
Avg. Duration 40m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (38)
Since Nov 2023
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
88%
Hosting
rss.libsyn.com

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About This Podcast

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.

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Recent Episodes

What Defines You?

Jun 04, 2026 36m

Reflection and introspection are not a daily practice for many of us. But would it be worth strengthening those skills if they helped mitigate moral injury? Wendy and Matt discuss how such practice…

When Companies Run the Courts

May 21, 2026 46m

Forced arbitration is the secret justice system you've never heard of, and it's likely working against you. Brendan Ballou, former DOJ prosecutor and author of When Companies Run the Courts: How…

Medicine and the Military: Parallel Lessons in Professionalism

May 07, 2026 58m

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Mark Hertling spent decades leading soldiers in combat and across cultures before he transitioned to healthcare leadership when he retired from the US Army. He joins us to…

Balancing the Books and the Mission

Apr 24, 2026 1h 3m

Leadership matters. Steve Edwards, former President and CEO of CoxHealth, a $2 Billion Missouri-based health system, joins us to talk about his 30 years of leadership in healthcare, and how he…

Sebastian Junger on What Being Near Death Taught Him About Life

Apr 09, 2026 1h 6m

Sebastian Junger is a master storyteller whose vast body of work speaks to our humanity and collectivism – loyalty, belonging, meaning, connection - and what we lose without them. Junger joins us to…

We Need to Level the Playing Field

Mar 26, 2026 38m

DPC. Concierge Care. Upselling services. Are these new models the answer? Wendy and Matt break down what these new approaches mean for physicians and patients and how overturning a section of the ACA…

Why We Revolt: One-On-One with Dr. Victor Montori

Mar 12, 2026 1h 2m

Dr. Victor Montori, Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic's KER Unit, and author of Why We Revolt, joins us to talk about his patient revolution and why 'deliberate' care is one of the strongest acts…

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson and Johnson

Feb 26, 2026 52m

Investigative journalist Gardiner Harris joins us to talk about No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson, an explosive expose of an organization whose image as a ""child-friendly"…

Trust and Betrayal

Feb 12, 2026 29m

Our news feeds are rife with stories of betrayal, and as physicians, many of those stories feel shockingly familiar. We outline three levels of moral injury that can follow betrayal and offer…

Negotiate your contract!

Jan 29, 2026 35m

New job? Congrats! Now go read the fine print in your contract. Carefully. Lawyer Dennis Hursh shares his decades of history and experience negotiating - or re-negotiating - physician contracts.

Walt Bogdanich on Why Big Business and Medicine Don't Mix

Jan 15, 2026 40m

Legendary investigative journalist and NYT reporter Walt Bogdanich (When McKinsey Comes to Town) joins us to talk about his recent article "How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research"…

Goodbye 2025, Hello 2026!

Jan 01, 2026 31m

New year, new beginnings. We covered a lot of ground last year and we're going to keep up the pressure and keep fighting the good fight. Wendy and Matt discuss what and who they appreciated about…

The Fall of Crozer Health, Part 6: Eight Months Later

Dec 22, 2025 46m Bonus

Eight months ago, we followed along as Prospect Medical shuttered Crozer Health. In this episode, as promised, several of the doctors, nurses, medical assistants, elected officials and public…

Teaser: The Fall of Crozer Health, Part 6

Dec 18, 2025 1m

We promised to follow up on The Fall of Crozer Health and we'll drop our full episode on Monday. For anyone thinking of selling to private equity, you won't want to miss this.

Dialysis in the US: Blood, Death, and Dollars

Dec 04, 2025 52m

Was dialysis the canary in medicine's coal mine of corporatization, as neoliberalism took hold in the US? Tom Mueller, journalist and author of "How to Make a Killing: Blood, Death, and Dollars in…

"Change the way you see things"

Nov 20, 2025 36m

We make a lot of changes that don't make much difference. Why? In this episode, Wendy and Matt borrow the perspective of rancher and regenerative agriculture proponent, Don Campbell, who said, "If…

"He Hit Me. He Hit a Police Officer."

Nov 06, 2025 39m

In 2023, 82% of nurses had experienced at least one workplace violence incident, and nearly half were experiencing even more violence. And it's not just nurses. Surgeons, ER docs, primary care…

Chris Deacon on Why We're Paying More and Getting Less

Oct 23, 2025 41m

As the former head of the State Health Benefits Program within New Jersey's Department of the Treasury - one of the largest public health plans in the country - Chris Deacon unmasked the machinery of…

"The Perfect Tuba"

Oct 09, 2025 1h 1m

You read that correctly. Sometimes we have to look outside of medicine to be reminded why we love it so much. National Book Critics Circle Award-winning journalist Sam Quinones joins us to talk about…

Music and Medicine

Oct 09, 2025 16m Bonus

Dr. Carlos Cardenas knows rock n' roll (and gastroenterology). A practicing physician in the Rio Grande Valley, Dr. Cardenas has been playing music for decades as a balm for his heart and soul, and…

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43cc has published 83 episodes since November 2023, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Medicine.

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