Advocating For A Better Healthcare System, with Tiffany Ryder

"I felt like I was putting $10,000 bandaids on someone's diabetic ketoacidosis instead of actually helping them to never be there in the first place." - Tiffany Ryder Tiffany Ryder, medical physician associate and healthcare advocate, joined me this week to continue the theme of my previous episode: how do we empower patients to make informed decisions, and to advocate for a better system? Tiffany shared with me her journey to this space, which took her from the world of NFL cheerleading to providing care as a medical physician associate, and why that gives her a unique perspective on the industry. We talk about the critical lack of awareness that the average American has of how the healthcare and health insurance industries work, why there needs to be much more transparency in these spaces, and what the future looks like for healthcare in America. Chapters: 00:00:00 Meet Tiffany Ryder 00:00:38 Veterans' Healthcare 00:24:39 Empowering Patients 00:29:08 Healthcare Cost Transparency 00:37:50 Informed Decision-Making in Healthcare 00:40:33 Simplifying Healthcare Communication 00:45:12 Ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare 00:54:23 Advocating For A Better System Key Links for Social: @SelfFunded on YouTube for video versions of the podcast and much more - https://www.youtube.com/@SelfFunded Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1TjmrMrkIj0qSmlwAIevKA?si=068a389925474f02 Listen on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-funded-with-spencer/id1566182286 Follow Spencer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-smith-self-funded/ Follow Spencer on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/selffundedwithspencer/ Key Words: Impact, Patient Advocacy, advocacy, Transparency, Patient Care, education, Effective Communication, fair, provider, Ethical Healthcare, Healthcare Awareness, Veterans Healthcare, Patient Empowerment, affordable healthcare, podcast, benefits, health, healthcare, health insurance, self funded, self funding #Impact #PatientAdvocacy #advocacy #Transparency #PatientCare #education #EffectiveCommunication #fair #provider #EthicalHealthcare #HealthcareAwareness #VeteransHealthcare #PatientEmpowerment #affordablehealthcare #podcast #benefits #health #healthcare #healthinsurance #selffunded #selffunding