
The Doctor’s Lounge Podcast
@DRsLoungePod
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This is where scalpels meet systems and physicians say what they really think. These are candid talks about healthcare policy and physician autonomy.
United States
Joined August 2025
America doesn’t have a healthcare access problem, we have a premium problem. We built a system where people feel “covered” because they’re handed an insurance card… while premiums skyrocket, cash disappears from employers, and independent doctors get squeezed out of existence.
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The next episode of The Doctor’s Lounge isn’t pulling any punches. -Why physicians need to stop outsourcing their business brains. We cover money, medicine, and the madness of our healthcare system, all from the physician’s side of the table. @sdixitmd
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Healthcare once worked differently. When doctors led, the focus was on solving problems at the point of care, shorter wait times, faster answers, and better outcomes. Now, under health system control, patients experience bureaucracy first and care second. It’s time to
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“We don’t measure demand for physicians in any meaningful way. No price signals, no resource allocatio, just long waits and frustration." This is central planning’s ultimate failure. @DrDiGiorgio
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Organ donation saves thousands of lives every year. And for families, and for physicians, it often begins in the most tragic circumstances imaginable. In this week’s Doctor’s Lounge, Anthony DiGiorgio, MD and Anish Koka, MD talk candidly about what really happens when a
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Episode 11 is LIVE North Carolina just passed a bill that could let foreign-trained doctors bypass U.S. residency to fill shortages. In the Lounge, we break down: -Why this is an employer-driven bill -How it commoditizes physicians & suppresses wages -The malpractice +
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I’d support a landscape with less regulation and less licensure, not because quality doesn’t matter, but because employers and patients will create their own standards of who’s “good” and who’s not. This bill is employer-driven. Hospitals struggling to staff are pushing the
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The doctor shortage is a myth. What we have is a system that pushes physicians out and calls it progress. @DutchRojas sat down with @DrDiGiorgio, @anish_koka, @sdixitmd and @drdanchoi to break down: • The residency bottleneck • Physician burnout by design • Why H1B visas
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Episode 10 @DRsLoungePod on @X Actual practicing physicians and the ubersmart @DutchRojas discuss: physician shortages, the problems with over-regulating healthcare, and concrete ideas to make things better!
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What's a self funded plan you ask ? @DutchRojas has your answer. Raise your health policy IQ: listen to the Doctor's Lounge on your favorite podcast platform.
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