How do you define good health – and achieve it – in a broken US medical system?

‘It’s no wonder patients feel unheard, unsatisfied and lost.’ Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images

Most of us want to be healthy, but it’s easier said than done. In the US, people are caught between a broken medical system and a well-resourced wellness industry. The failings of the former – cost barriers, rushed appointments, impersonal attention – push them towards the snake-oil solutions of the latter.

Over 25 years of practicing medicine, running a primary care practice in Washington DC, Dr Lucy McBride has seen patients struggle to navigate the medical system.