Good Night, Good Luck… and Good Grief, Healthcare Is Still Broken
If George Clooney chain-smoking on stage makes you reflect on the brokenness of healthcare… welcome to our world. When our Jeanmarie Loria, MBA, PMP, CPC saw Good Night, and Good Luck on Broadway, she wasn’t expecting to walk out comparing Edward R. Murrow to a modern-day SIU lead. But here we are. Because while the play is set in 1950s America — McCarthyism, censorship, public fear — it might as well be about today’s healthcare system:
– Silencing truth-tellers.
– Spinning narratives.
– Rewarding the wrong people.
This play is about ethics, accountability, and the cost of staying silent. And for those of us in the fight for healthcare integrity, it hit a little too close to home. So, let’s talk about it — the Broadway performance, the broken systems, and why Clooney’s cigarette budget isn’t the only thing lighting a fire under us.
What do George Clooney, Broadway, and healthcare have in common?
More than you’d think.
A few weeks ago, Advize CEO Jeanmarie Loria saw Good Night, and Good Luck live on stage — Clooney, charisma, cigarettes, and all. She left the theater not craving applause, but a cigarette. That’s how intense the show was. And not because she smokes (she doesn’t), but because this play hit a nerve.
On the surface, it’s about journalist Edward R. Murrow standing up to McCarthyism. But really? It’s a mirror. A warning. And weirdly enough — a pitch-perfect metaphor for the dumpster fire that is parts of our healthcare system.
Because…
– We’re still battling systems built to resist change.
– We’re still calling out fraud, waste, and abuse that somehow survives every audit.
– We’re still fighting for ethics in a world that often rewards the opposite.
Sound familiar?
One of the lines that stuck with Jeanmarie:
“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”
Healthcare version: We can’t protect patients if we’re ignoring what’s broken behind the scenes.
Advize friend and fellow truth-teller Jim Cox put it perfectly:
“Seems all reasonable people boarded a plane to Europe.”
And yep — if you’ve ever worked in compliance, you’ve probably tried to book that flight.
The truth is, Murrow’s message wasn’t just for journalists — it’s for anyone willing to challenge the status quo. Anyone willing to say, “This isn’t working, and here’s how we fix it.” And yes, that includes us.
At Advize, we’re not waiting for the standing ovation. We’re in the weeds. We’re in the field. We’re in the data, in the leads, in the uncomfortable conversations — all to make healthcare actually work for the people it’s supposed to serve.
So if you’re still fighting the good fight in program integrity, FWA, audits, or just trying to make sense of it all?
Good night… and good luck.
(And maybe book that Broadway ticket. Trust us — it’s worth it.)