Experiencing Healthcare Podcast

Matt Goes To The Capital


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What if the most important care in the entire healthcare system is also the most underfunded? While hospitals and inpatient reimbursements rise with inflation, the physician fee schedule has quietly declined roughly 33% in real terms over 25 years — and this year it's facing another cut.

In this episode, Jamie Preston sits down with Your Health CEO Matt Staub, just back from Capitol Hill, where he spent a record-setting 95-degree day meeting with seven legislative offices to advocate for physicians, providers, and the patients they serve across rural South Carolina, Georgia, and beyond. What follows is part field report, part reflection on why preventive primary care saves money and lives — and why we plan meticulously for weddings, retirement, and vacations, but treat our own health with a "call us if something happens" approach.

In this conversation:

  • Why a 2.5–5% physician fee cut hits frontline rural practices hardest
  • The bipartisan doctors' caucus and the real appetite for reform
  • Why winning can come from a loss — the Kobe Bryant mindset on process over outcome
  • How a Disney ride (Spaceship Earth) reframes humanity's whole story around communication
  • The case for proactive, team-based primary care over reactive sick visits
  • Press play for a conversation about advocacy, communication, and a simple, powerful idea: the change you need to make starts with you.

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    Experiencing Healthcare PodcastBy James Preston, Matt Staub

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