About

Health is Other People is a newsletter that offers an insider lens on healthcare institutions — exploring the industry through economics, strategy, operations, culture, philosophy, and self-discovery.

About the Author

Andrew Tsang is a self-described “Real Estate Novelist and recovering healthcare consultant.” With deep experience inside healthcare institutions, he writes about the forces that shape America’s $5 trillion healthcare system — the economic gravity, the institutional cultures, the policy decisions, and the human stories that run through all of it.

His writing blends analytical rigor with personal narrative, drawing on years of front-line consulting work to illuminate the often-opaque inner workings of hospitals, health systems, and the broader healthcare ecosystem.

What This Site Is

This website is the companion home for the Substack newsletter. Here you’ll find all the essays, plus interactive visualizations and media that go beyond what a traditional newsletter can offer.

The name “Health is Other People” plays on Sartre’s famous line. In healthcare, nothing happens in isolation — every decision, every policy, every dollar flows through a web of institutions, providers, patients, and communities. To understand health is to understand other people.