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A policy can carry your name and still not be for you.
Aug 25
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Terry Wilcox
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The Long Goodbye
My stepmother Sandy died last week. This is my most personal story yet, with some policy sprinkled in.
Aug 11
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Terry Wilcox
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July 2026
My mother is in this episode
The world's most common cancer, four lives, and a letter that changed one community's future.
Jul 28
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Terry Wilcox
1
The person behind the patient
Season one of the State of the Patient Podcast starts with four people who refused to give up. Here’s what they taught me.
Jul 14
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Terry Wilcox
April 2026
Face the Numbers Before They Face You
Lesson 2: The Real Cost of Being Unprepared
Apr 29
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Terry Wilcox
1
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Becoming the CEO of Your Own Healthcare Lesson 1: Take Inventory Before You Take Action
Before you fight the system, master what’s already yours. Most patients navigate healthcare blind. CEOs never do.
Apr 23
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Terry Wilcox
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I Lived Alzheimer’s During COVID. Now I See What Policy Gets Wrong.
A story about caregiving, loss, and the decisions families are forced to make long before policy ever catches up.
Apr 15
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Terry Wilcox
2
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One Traumatized Medicaid Patient, Eight Fake Phone Numbers, and an Algorithm Waiting to Cut Her Off. This Is Where Your Tax Dollars Go.
High mental illness rates in Medicaid + fraud + UnitedHealth algorithms = taxpayer money down the drain instead of actual care.
Apr 13
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Terry Wilcox
1
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Fake CEO Confession Exposed Hospital Pricing Secrets — And Yes, It Fooled Even Me at First
The story was satire. The pricing system is not.
Apr 8
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Terry Wilcox
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I Paid $3,000 So My Son Could Hear and Aetna Said It Didn’t Count It
What my son’s story reveals about a system that counts costs—but not patients
Apr 7
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Terry Wilcox
2
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You Are the CEO of Your Healthcare (Whether You Like It or Not)
...and why taking charge is the only way to protect yourself in today’s system.
Apr 6
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Terry Wilcox
2
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