Description:
A strategic look at the forces eroding U.S. healthcare, and how physician-patient unity can drive policy change.
Brief description: Jordan Grumet, MD, is a practicing hospice physician, award-winning podcaster, and author who brings a unique dual perspective to healthcare and personal finance. Born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1973, Grumet was inspired to pursue medicine following the unexpected death of his father, an oncologist - a loss that profoundly shaped his understanding of both healing and financial security.After earning his medical degree from Northwestern University, Grumet practiced internal medicine in Northbrook, Illinois, for over two decades before transitioning to hospice care, where he currently serves as associate medical director at Unity Hospice. His experiences at the intersection of medicine and finance have given him unparalleled insight into the systemic forces affecting both patients and providers.Grumet is the creator and host of the Earn & Invest podcast, which launched in 2018 and earned the prestigious Plutus Award for Best New Personal Finance Podcast in 2019, with consecutive nominations in 2020 and 2021. His writing explores the profound connections between financial independence, wellness, and living a meaningful life through his blog In My Humble Opinion and his work on financial independence at DiverseFI.He is the author of Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life (Ulysses Press, 2022) and The Purpose Code (Harriman House Press, January 2025). Through his books, podcasts, and storytelling, Grumet has built a passionate following among those seeking to integrate medical wisdom with financial freedom and purposeful living.Grumet's work has been featured across multiple platforms, including Substack, Instagram, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, where he continues to share insights that bridge the worlds of medicine, finance, and personal fulfillment. The Healthcare Heist represents his most ambitious and urgent work yet - a call to revolution that draws on decades of frontline medical experience and his commitment to authentic storytelling as a catalyst for change.
Review Quotes:
Patients and doctors are the only ones who really have the ability and the incentive to fix our broken healthcare system. They can no longer neglect their massive power to effect change in the system. Grumet has defined their opponents in this battle for their money and their very lives. Now it's time for them to use every tool in the arsenal to take back control, including shared storytelling.
- Jim and Katie Dahle, The White Coat Investor
As a veteran ER Physician of "The Pitt," I have seen the once-sacred physician-patient relationship become sadly fractured and transactional. In corporate, "bottom line" medicine and volume-based healthcare, doctors are interchangeable providers and patients are customers on an assembly line. In The Healthcare Heist, Grumet unleashes the power of shared storytelling to restore humanity to healthcare. This book hits Goliath right between the eyes.
- Bill Yount, MD, Founder and cohost of the Catching Up to FI podcast
As a physician who has served on the literal front lines of combat, I know that true resilience requires trust, unity, and an unwavering commitment to the mission. The Healthcare Heist brilliantly exposes how corporate profiteers have intentionally fractured the alliance between doctors and patients, leaving our medical system's foot soldiers defenseless. Grumet offers a powerful, actionable strategy to rebuild this broken infrastructure and reclaim medicine through shared storytelling and mutual empathy.
- Sudip Bose, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, As seen on Desert Doc on Amazon Prime
This book captures the exact ethos we champion every day on the KevinMD blog: the necessity of the physician's voice. Grumet eloquently proves that when doctors have the courage to share their vulnerability and their struggles, they can inspire a grassroots revolution to save American healthcare.
- Kevin Pho, MD, Physician and founder of KevinMD.com