What if the biggest threat to your health isn’t your diagnosis—but the system meant to treat it?
In Episode 457 of the HOW TO NOT GET SICK & DIE Podcast, Dr. Andy Lazris—primary care physician, author, and co-creator of A Return to Healing—joins host Matty Lansdown for a candid conversation on what’s gone wrong in modern medicine.
As a physician with decades of experience, Dr. Andy Lazris on healthcare reform is not just theory—it’s firsthand insight into how profit-driven systems have sidelined ethics, undermined trust, and left both patients and clinicians burned out.
A Broken System Built on Control, Not Care
In this wide-ranging interview, Dr. Lazris speaks frankly about how healthcare has shifted from a healing profession to a corporate enterprise. He explores how major pharmaceutical companies and institutional leaders often shape what gets published, prescribed, and prioritized—regardless of what actually serves patients.
Rather than empowering people to understand their health and ask questions, the system leans heavily on fear, excessive testing, and lifelong prescriptions. According to Dr. Lazris, the result is overmedication, rising costs, and declining outcomes.
If you take a medicine for a problem, now you have two problems.
From Misinformation to Medical Ethics
Throughout the episode, Dr. Lazris addresses the cultural and political minefields surrounding public health—from RFK Jr.’s controversial role in healthcare discourse to the growing distrust patients feel toward mainstream medical advice.
Importantly, he doesn’t advocate for conspiracies or reckless skepticism. Instead, he calls for a return to real medical ethics—where patients are encouraged to ask questions, weigh risks, and participate in decisions about their own bodies.
A Return to Healing, the book Dr. Lazris co-authored with Dr. Alan Roth, expands on these ideas, challenging the idea that healthcare should be dictated from the top down. Instead, it advocates for restoring autonomy, rebuilding trust, and making space for evidence-based dialogue—not dogma.
Why Patient-Centered Reform Matters Now
Whether discussing vaccine policies, treatment guidelines, or clinical decision-making, Dr. Andy Lazris consistently returns to one theme: healthcare reform must start with the patient. Not the pharmaceutical lobby. Not government mandates. Not the latest fads in tech or wellness.
The solutions, he argues, are surprisingly simple:
✔️ Build relationships.
✔️ Prioritize prevention and lifestyle.
✔️ Question authority—with respect and rigor.
✔️ Treat people, not numbers.
🎥 TL;DR–Why Does Modern Medicine Feel So Broken?
Despite record-breaking healthcare spending, patient outcomes continue to decline. In this episode of How to Not Get Sick & Die, Dr. Andy Lazris lays bare the system’s moral collapse—and offers a hopeful path forward rooted in common sense, prevention, and true patient partnership.
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