The People's Health Library

The We The Patient Blog & Video Library exists to bring patients fully into the healthcare conversation. This is where education meets experience, where real stories, trusted insight, and thoughtful dialogue help people better understand the healthcare system and reclaim control of their healthcare and their healthcare dollars. Here, you’ll find stories that give hope, voices that restore trust, and ideas that move healthcare back toward true healing.

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Health Insurer Horizon Settles with NJ for $100M Stemming from Health Care Overpayment Allegations

Dear We the Patient Community, I wanted to share an example of why patients and physicians are pushing so hard for transparency and honesty in healthcare. New Jersey recently reached a $100 million settlement with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield after the state alleged the insurer overcharged taxpayers for healthcare services. The issue centered around a simple rule in their contract: Horizon was supposed to bill the state whichever amount was lower, either the price a doctor

The Hope of Medicine: Restoring the Physician-Patient Relationship through DPC

Featuring Dr. Chaminie Wheeler, Speaker at the 2025 Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Summit. Across the United States, families, business owners, and physicians are facing an undeniable truth: healthcare has become financially overwhelming, increasingly inaccessible, and deeply impersonal. Despite being the world’s top spender on healthcare, Americans wait longer for appointments, pay more out of pocket, and are often unable to get timely care when they need it mo

US Congress - Fighting for Patients' Rights: Price Transparency in Medicine

On July 31, 2025, healthcare policy expert Chris (Christin) Deacon testified before the U.S. Senate about why healthcare costs are so high and how transparency can change everything. Chris has led one of the nation’s largest public health plans and now works with unions, governments, and large employers to cut waste and demand accountability, representing tens of millions of people. Her message was clear: patients deserve to know the real cost of their care. For too long, pr

Why Direct Primary Care is the Solution to Transform Healthcare

The Core Truth: Transforming healthcare is simple—restore the physician-patient relationship. When physicians are empowered to care for their patients without interference, everything else falls into place: better outcomes, lower costs, and higher satisfaction. Every healthcare policy should be evaluated through one question: Does it strengthen the doctor-patient relationship? If yes—support it. If not—it must be rethought. ✅ What Is Direct Primary Care (DPC)? DPC is a memb

Featured Appearances include:

Hope In Medicine -

With Dr. Chaminie Wheeler - The Chamber: Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce

Lighthouse TV - One Day Closer

Compassion That Leads to Action

DocNation Podcast

Breaking Free: Fighting for Physician Independence

These conversations highlight a shared truth: when trust, time, and transparency guide care, true healing becomes possible again. They reflect the values behind the We The Patient Movement and the hope of restoring medicine to what it was always meant to be, relationship-centered, patient-driven, and worthy of trust.
More stories, conversations, blogs, and videos are coming soon - featuring additional physicians, patients, and leaders who are working every day to complete the Circle of Trust in Medicine.