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This post covers the best health care newsletter writers around and includes our pick for the top 5 best health care newsletter deep divers. Quality health care newsletters only.

I wanted to create this post to cover my favorite content creators when it comes to learning more about things within the health care industry in an enjoyable and conversational way.

While there aren’t a ton of quality health care newsletter writers (there need to be more), the ones currently available are must-reads if you’re interested in the health care industry.

  • My primary goal in writing the Healthy Muse and in highlighting quality health care writers is to get more people involved in the health care conversation. I want people to learn more about what’s going on in health care, to be informed voters, and to be advocates for themselves when it comes to their own personal health care.
  • Almost 100% of the content that these writers produce end up in the Healthy Muse newsletter’s Top Reads section. They’re that good.

If you know of any more health care newsletter deep divers that should be listed in this post or the Healthy Muse’s healthcare newsletter directory, please feel free to reach out.

Here are my picks for the 5 best health care newsletter deep divers. Instant-subscribes, in my honest opinion.




The 5 Best Health Care Newsletter Deep Divers




#1. Out-Of-Pocket

Nikhil Krishnan does an excellent job of breaking down the U.S. health care system in a funny and witty way. Chock full of memes and conversational content, every edition leaves readers with thoughtful insights in an approachable and friendly guise.

#2. Case Load

Take a deep dive into the Case Load by Steve H, where you’ll learn more about health care and the business strategy taking place behind the scenes. Case Load breaks down health care business models and the value chains that companies participate in. Business models that Steve has broken down include GoodRx, health insurance value chains, and more.

#3. Waiting Room

Written by Nikita Singareddy, Waiting Room is a blog breaks down the broken incentives present in our health care industry. The newsletter does a great job of explaining complex things in healthcare that you probably didn’t even know existed.

#4. Measure Twice, Cut Once

Measure Twice, Cut Once by Kevin Wang takes a deeper dive into the quality metrics present in health care and breaks down value-based arrangements, along with general thoughts about our health care system.

#5. The Health Care Blog

THCB covers everything healthcare. The site gets plenty of reputable guest bloggers. Although the website is a formatting cluster bomb, the newsletter content is top notch and covers interesting health care trends and reads you might not have considered otherwise.




Thanks for reading! If you’re still looking for more healthcare newsletters, please check out our free healthcare newsletter directory. The directory gives our top 5 picks over a broad array of healthcare subjects, including policy, aggregators, digital health, and more.

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