🎧 A bold conversation on pharma, policy, and patient empowerment
Dr. Andy Lazris, co-author of A Return to Healing, recently joined host Andrew Keen on the Keen on America podcast to discuss the broken systems of American healthcare. In a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation, Dr. Lazris explored everything from pharmaceutical influence and policy dysfunction to the importance of restoring trust between patients and doctors.
This engaging dialogue doesn’t pull any punches. It’s a must-listen for anyone invested in the future of healthcare — including patients, providers, and reform advocates alike.
TL;DR – Keen on America Podcast Highlights
Here are the key themes and takeaways from Dr. Andy Lazris’s conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On America podcast:
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The Power of Big Pharma
Dr. Lazris critiques the pharmaceutical industry’s outsized influence on policy, research funding, and clinical guidelines. He warns that the system rewards overtreatment and undermines trust in medicine.
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How the Flexner Report Still Haunts Us
They unpack how the 1911 Flexner Report reshaped medical education into a rigid, metrics-driven machine—stripping doctors of autonomy and patients of personalized care.
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RFK Jr., Policy, and the Pandemic Fallout
Dr. Lazris reflects on RFK Jr.'s controversial COVID positions and why the public's distrust in healthcare institutions is rooted in very real systemic failures.
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Why Primary Care Is in Crisis
They discuss the collapse of relationship-based care and the burnout plaguing primary care doctors, who are caught between bureaucracy and patient needs.
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The Culture of Overdiagnosis
Dr. Lazris talks about how fear, testing, and protocol-based medicine lead to unnecessary diagnoses—and why “more care” doesn’t always mean better outcomes.
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Can AI Save or Destroy Healthcare?
From automated chatbots to diagnostic tools, the episode explores the promise and peril of AI in clinical decision-making.
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Three Fixes That Could Actually Work
Dr. Lazris lays out three realistic policy changes to start healing the system, including payment reform, de-incentivizing overtreatment, and empowering primary care.
🎬 Listen the Podcast Interview
This video is hosted on our YouTube channel. The interview is audio-only with static cover art due to third-party media rights.
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Why the Keen on America Interview Matters
Return to Healing is more than a book — it’s a call to action. This interview shows how deeply connected its themes are to current events. From vaccine debates to insurance chaos and physician burnout, Dr. Lazris highlights the human cost of a healthcare system that prioritizes profits over people.
About the Book: A Return to Healing
Return to Healing is a book that critiques modern medicine and calls for reform. More importantly, it offers guidance for patients navigating a system that often puts profits over care.
