There is a healthcare court case unfolding right now that could have massive implications for patients, employers, and how hospital consent is interpreted across the entire system.

In this critical episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with healthcare outcomes expert and Validation Institute founder Al Lewis to break down a real case involving OhioHealth, a 29-hospital system in Ohio, that is now testing how consent and payment agreements actually work in practice.

In this case, treatment was provided and accepted without objection. Payment was then sent via check clearly marked as payment in full for the agreed-upon amount. The check was cashed.

But the story didn’t end there.

After accepting and cashing the payment, additional demands for thousands more followed — raising serious questions about how consent, financial responsibility, and patient agreements are enforced in healthcare.

This case is now becoming a powerful test of how consent is used — and why patients and employers need to understand exactly what they are agreeing to.

One of the most important takeaways Al shares is simple but critical:

Always ask for a printed copy of anything you sign in a healthcare setting.

Because consent forms often contain language that can have long-term legal and financial consequences most people never fully realize.

• The OhioHealth court case and why it could impact healthcare nationwide

• How hospital consent forms actually work in practice

• Why accepting treatment can sometimes be interpreted as accepting consent

• Why requesting printed copies of consent forms is essential

• How employers may unknowingly expose themselves to significant financial risk

• The mission behind Quizzify and how it helps people make smarter healthcare decisions

• How the Validation Institute independently verifies healthcare solutions

Most people assume healthcare is straightforward.

But the reality is far more complex.

This conversation exposes how the system actually works — and why awareness is one of the most important protections you have.

• Employers and benefits leaders

• Healthcare executives and advisors

• HR professionals

• Anyone who has signed hospital paperwork

• Anyone who wants to understand their rights and risks in healthcare

Because what you sign — and what you don’t question — can matter more than you think.

Al Lewis is founder of the Validation Institute and Quizzify, and one of the most respected and outspoken healthcare outcomes experts in the country. His work focuses on bringing transparency, accountability, and evidence-based validation to healthcare.

Hosted by Ray Kober, Broken Healthcare explores the real drivers of healthcare costs, consent, incentives, and accountability — and brings clarity to leaders navigating one of the most complex systems in the world.

No spin. Just reality.

If you want to understand how healthcare really works — and how to protect yourself and your organization — subscribe and turn on notifications.

Have you ever signed healthcare paperwork without fully understanding it?

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What happens when Sir Winston Churchill walks into a modern podcast studio… and then steps out of character?

In this unforgettable episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Randy Otto — a financial advisor, historian, and the only man ever endorsed by the Churchill family to portray Sir Winston Churchill.

For over 54 years, Randy has embodied Churchill on stages around the world. In this conversation, he does something extraordinary:

🎩 Part one: He is Winston Churchill — recounting war, leadership, failure, resilience, and the legendary “black dog” in Churchill’s own voice.

🧠 Part two: He steps out of character as Randy Otto, revealing what decades of studying Churchill taught him about creativity, mental health, destiny, money, and leadership.

You’ll hear:

- How Churchill survived his greatest failure (Gallipoli)

- Why painting saved his life — and his mind

- The real story behind the “black dog” of depression

- Leadership lessons forged in war that still apply today

- What it means to believe in destiny — and fight for it

This isn’t history class.

This is living history, performed by the man who knows Churchill better than anyone alive.

🎙️ Sit back, listen closely — and decide for yourself when the character ends and the wisdom begins.

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America doesn’t have a healthcare problem.

It has a healthcare business problem — and we’re all trapped inside it.

In this powerful episode of Broken Healthcare, host Ray Kober sits down with Chris Deacon — attorney, healthcare policy expert, former Director of State Health Benefits for New Jersey, and author of The Great American Healthcare Heist — to expose how America’s healthcare system became a $5 trillion machine that patients, employers, and taxpayers can’t escape.

Chris isn’t a theorist.

She ran healthcare for nearly 800,000 lives and managed a $6–7 billion annual healthcare budget inside government.

What she discovered changed everything.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

- Why Americans are paying $17,000–$50,000 per family per year and still can’t afford care

- How insurers, PBMs, and hospitals operate as vertically integrated monopolies

- Why “nonprofit” hospitals behave like Wall Street corporations — without paying taxes

- How consolidation destroyed community hospitals and accountability

- Why politicians of both parties are trapped by lobbying and reelection incentives

- How young government staffers are “educated” by industry lobbyists

- Why $1.5 BILLION in savings was realistically achievable — without cutting benefits

- How employers blindly write healthcare checks they’d never approve anywhere else

- Why Americans are handed a $50,000 system with no instruction manual

- How the healthcare system itself can become dangerous if navigated incorrectly

Chris delivers one of the most important analogies in healthcare today:

“We hand people a $50,000 Volvo and say ‘good luck’ — no driving lessons, no instruction manual — and then blame them when it goes wrong.”

This conversation isn’t partisan.

It’s not theoretical.

And it’s not about selling you anything.

It’s about education, accountability, and taking control of a system that quietly drains families, employers, and communities.

If you’ve ever:

1- Been afraid to seek care because of cost

2- Opened a medical bill and thought “this can’t be real”

3- Managed employee benefits and felt completely boxed in

4 - Wondered why healthcare feels impossible to fix

This episode will change how you see everything.

Watch. Share. And start asking better questions.

ABOUT CHRIS DEACON

Chris Deacon is an attorney, healthcare policy expert, former Director of State Health Benefits for New Jersey, national speaker, whistleblower, and featured voice in the documentary It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Healthcare. She oversaw healthcare for nearly 800,000 public employees and dependents and managed one of the largest state healthcare budgets in the country.

She now focuses on education, policy consulting, and public advocacy to help employers, policymakers, and the public understand how the system actually works — and how it can be improved.

PURCHASE HER BOOK

The Great American Healthcare Heist by Chris Deacon

Available at:

Amazon

Major online book retailers

Independent bookstores (by request)

(Search: The Great American Healthcare Heist – Chris Deacon)

HOW TO CONTACT CHRIS DEACON

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdeaconc/

Active on LinkedIn with regular healthcare insights and commentary

Long-form writing available via Substack: https://substack.com/@chrisdeaconahealthcareheist

Open to messages, dialogue, and education-focused engagement

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