the litigation against Ticketmaster because the experience took advantage of her fans, her approach of advocating for expert-led ownership and control continues to upend the music industry—and beseeches transcendence into healthcare.
. Throughout the highly public laundering and re-laundering of her intimate life work, it was immediately clear that the predatory contracts from music labels would grant no exception for basic artist agency, even for talents of Swift’s stature.. “But the most screamingly obvious one is that the artist is the only one who really knows that body of work.” Her exceptionalism, however, did afford her the most successful re-recordings and re-releases in music industry history.
Applying Swift’s blueprint to healthcare starts with frankly and directly acknowledging to patients the loss of autonomy and how this habitually hamstrings doctors and their relationships with patients. Next, organizational alignment with like-minded individuals who defer to expertise and can work together to disrupt barriers, from arbitrary health insurance policies to exorbitantly unregulated pharmaceutical expenses, is critical.