wRight to the Root

In a cryptic world, Stephanie Wright is a beacon of authenticity. Her no-nonsense approach to practice management has made her a bold authority on understanding and solving complex medical industry problems. Join Stephanie as she takes her expertise on the road to explore hot topics in medical care with experts around the globe. In each episode Stephanie and her guests cover topics like insurance, healthcare tourism, education domestically versus abroad, international care systems & more.

wRight to the Root is a health podcast hosted by Stephanie Wright, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Stephanie Wright hosts wRight to the Root, a health show with 21 episodes published.

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  Corporate Greed vs. Patient Care: The Illusion of Coverage

  Apr 5, 202613 minS0

  <p>We’ve been sold the idea that insurance protects us.</p><p>In this powerful talk, Stephanie Wright uncovers how “coverage” is often an illusion; where algorithms override doctors, patients are left with the bill, and corporate profits come first. From her own cancer journey to real-world patient stories, she exposes a system that benefits from confusion and silence and shows how speaking up is the one thing it can’t control.</p><p></p>

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  Episode #5

  Insulin Under Fire, Diabetes Care in Crisis Zones with MSF’s Dr. Phillipa Boulle

  Feb 11, 202645 minS2

  <p>On this episode of wRight to the Root, Stephanie Wright sits down with Dr. Phillipa Boulle, a non-communicable disease (NCD) advisor with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Switzerland, based in Geneva, to expose what it really takes to treat chronic illness in the middle of crisis.</p><p>Dr. Boulle breaks down the growing global diabetes emergency, including why the vast majority of people living with diabetes are in low and middle income countries, and why sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing the fastest rise. She explains how MSF teams work to deliver care in war zones, displacement camps, and protracted humanitarian...

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  Inside the World Medical Association with Dr. Ashok Philip, WMA President

  Jan 28, 202637 minS2

  <p>I flew all the way to Montevideo, Uruguay to sit down face-to-face with Dr. Ashok Philip (Malaysia), President of the World Medical Association, and this conversation goes straight to the root of why healthcare systems keep failing the people they are supposed to serve.</p><p>The World Medical Association (WMA) was born in the shadow of the Nuremberg Trials and the medical atrocities of WWII, and that origin story still shapes its mission today: defend medical ethics, protect physician independence, and advocate for patients across borders. Dr. Philip breaks down what the WMA actually does, why it is...

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  Episode #4

  Diabetes, Dollars, and Power: The Fight For Affordable Insulin.

  Jan 14, 202633 minS2

  <p>In this episode of wRight To The Root, Stephanie Wright is joined by Candice Sehoma, a Johannesburg-based access advisor with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), to unpack the global insulin access crisis and why a medication that has existed for over 100 years is still priced, patented, and distributed like a luxury. Candace shares how growing up in Alexandra, a historically marginalized township shaped by apartheid, fueled her commitment to structural change, not charity.</p><p>Together, we dig into what keeps insulin and diabetes medicines out of reach, including patent systems that protect monopolies, supply decisions that can trigger shortages...

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  Medicare Advantage or Medicare Disadvantage? Dr. Ed Weisbart on Denials, Delays & Single Payer

  Dec 31, 202547 minS2

  <p>On this episode of wRight To The Root, Stephanie Wright sits down with Dr. Ed Weisbart — a retired family medicine physician, former Chief Medical Officer at Express Scripts, and longtime healthcare advocate with Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP).</p><p>Dr. Weisbart shares what pushed him from fighting for patients in the exam room to fighting for them in the streets and in policy: years of watching people delay or skip care because of copays, deductibles, denials, and fear of medical debt. Together, Stephanie and Dr. Weisbart unpack why “getting sick” in America has become financially terrifying — and how...

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