The Doctor’s Lounge Podcast
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This is where scalpels meet systems and physicians say what they really think. @anish_koka @DrDiGiorgio @sdixitmd @drdanchoi @dutchrojas
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Joined August 2025
Let’s set the record straight on the ACA as a practicing physician who has to endure this disaster daily with my patients! The ACA wrecked the medical profession and the patient physician relationship. The ACA was written to strip physicians of their autonomy, boost insurer
Let’s set the record straight on the Affordable Care Act. Before the ACA, millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions were locked out of health insurance. Today, more than 20 million people — including small-business owners and the self-employed — finally have access to
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You have no right to my life's work.
The United States of America is the richest country in the history of the world. It is time for us to make good on the statement that health care is a basic human right. We need health care for everyone. I’m staying in that fight all the way.
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This is why I push back when people say healthcare is a right. There are folks who want to turn doctors into indentured servants.
@sdixitmd Yes they do. If you’re in healthcare you’re a public servant. The public has a right to that service
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I used to do a lot of anesthesia for OBS. Nothing has the power to save money in healthcare like patients negotiating directly with doctors for cash payment. Example: A pilot developed an inguinal hernia in February that had grounded him until it was repaired. His deductible on
Carpal tunnel surgery reimbursement from Medicare: $3000 - "Non-profit" Hospital $1500 - ASC $600 - Office Based Surgery (OBS) Yesterday on @DRsLoungePod
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Yesterday live on the @DRsLoungePod , you got to learn why @drdanchoi colonoscopy was done in his doctor’s office - high value for the patient and way cheaper for the system! You’ll also understand why the local health system with 100% employed docs wont offer that option.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends, all of our patients, and certainly all of our military and veterans...
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We are live! We are starting with Dr. Dan Choi and his first colonoscopy...@drdanchoi ... We will discuss the Republicans..
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Nonprofit health systems aren’t “mission-driven.” They’re tax-exempt monopolies that eliminate physician competition and then call it charity. Agree or disagree?
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We will be live at 9pm EST. A little pre Thanksgiving party from inside the Lounge.
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We keep talking about “fixing healthcare,” but here are the facts: America doesn’t have a talent problem. It has a permission problem. If you give people agency, real agency, everything changes. Patients choose based on values. Physicians practice without gatekeepers. And
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Medicare doesn’t have a “payment problem.” It has a price-signal problem. When you kill price signals, you kill the information system that tells us what care is valued, what’s scarce, and what’s worth building. That’s why primary care is underfunded. That’s why physicians flee
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Thank you for joining us on the live stream!
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@DRsLoungePod You aren't getting a fair playing field because the people writing the laws (lobbyists), passing the laws (Congress) and implementing and enforcing the laws (the bureaucratic agencies) are co-dependent power addicts. What you are doing on this podcast and with conversations on
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@DRsLoungePod Great discussion. Would like to echo @drdanchoi point that Medicare rates were designed to be a floor and a social safety net not a pricing guide. And why does anyone trust healthcare economists over doctors?
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We tried Ken Arrow and it failed, is it time to try Milton Friedman?
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