EPISODE · Aug 18, 2026 · 43 MIN
Beyond the Prescription: Dr. Lucy McBride on Fixing a Broken Healthcare System
from Unstable Vitals · host Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Lara Zibners
Unstable Vitals is back, and this time Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Lara Zibners sit down with primary care physician, Substack favorite, and Beyond the Prescription author Dr. Lucy McBride.Lucy has spent 25+ years watching medicine become transactional and impersonal, and she's written a book that isn't a "do as I say" guide, but a "here's how to think" guide. In this episode, we get into why the wellness industry is thriving on 15-minute doctor's appointments, the real difference between "health" and "wellness" (one is objective, one is a marketer's dream), how to spot a credentialed expert from a snake-oil influencer, and the "linked to" vs. "caused by" trick that turns every headline into a panic headline.We also dig into some uncomfortable truths: why 95% of U.S. healthcare spending goes to damage control while only 5% goes to primary and preventive care, the conspiracy theory that doctors are profiting off patient illness (and why it's wrong), and whether AI is going to save primary care or just make the broken system move faster.Grab Lucy's new book, Beyond the Prescription, and follow her on Substack.
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Unstable Vitals is back, and this time Dr. Adam Brown and Dr. Lara Zibners sit down with primary care physician, Substack favorite, and Beyond the Prescription author Dr. Lucy McBride. Lucy has spent 25+ years watching medicine become transactional and impersonal, and she's written a book that isn't a "do as I say" guide, but a "here's how to think" guide. In this episode, we get into why the wellness industry is thriving on 15-minute doctor's appointments, the real difference between "health...
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