The Doctor's Lounge

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Episodes: 54

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Where scalpels meet systems — and physicians say what they really think.

Co-hosted by Dutch Rojas, Anthony DiGiorgio, DO, with Anish Koka, MD, Dan Choi, MD, & Sanat Dixit, MD — candid talks on healthcare policy, reform, physician autonomy & patient care.



Episode Date
Center-Right in a White Coat: Pradeep Shanker on AI, Vaccines, and Medical Orthodoxy
May 10, 2026
The Surgeon Who Refused to Bow: Dr. Eithan Haim on Blowing the Whistle at Texas Children's
May 03, 2026
From Babylon to Baylor: How Insurance Went Off the Rails
May 02, 2026
Outpatient Brain Surgery: How Buffalo Built America's Only Neurosurgical ASC
Apr 26, 2026
The Intellectual Case Against Medicare: Buchanan, Tullock, and the Rules of the Game
Apr 25, 2026
Rural Health Myths, Mark Cuban's HSA Gambit, and How Neurocritical Care Was Born
Apr 19, 2026
From Tehran to the C-Suite: Biotech CEO Ali Mortazavi on AI, Drug Discovery, and the Me-Too Problem
Apr 03, 2026
Dr. DiGiorgio Goes to Washington: Site Neutrality, Stark Law Physician-Owned Hospitals & More
Mar 31, 2026
The Cost of Dissent: How a Viral Newsweek Op-Ed Led to Medical School Dismissal
Mar 15, 2026
The Shah's Spleen, Quality Metrics, Health Insurance & the FDA
Mar 09, 2026
Dr. Mary Talley Bowden Battles the Health System
Feb 28, 2026
The Week in Review and Understanding the Medicaid Data Dump with Samir Unni
Feb 21, 2026
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya
Feb 14, 2026
The $2 Million Verdict: Inside the First Detransition Lawsuit Trial
Feb 07, 2026
Ed Gaines: How Independent Physicians Finally Got Leverage Against Insurance Companies
Feb 06, 2026
Dr. Gantwerker: Medicare Advantage, Private Practice, and Why Doctors Need to Stop Fighting on X
Feb 01, 2026
The DPC Revolution: Dr. Josh Umbehr on Making Healthcare Affordable Again
Jan 30, 2026
Journalist Alex Berenson: Fraud and Abuse with Autism therapy in the Medicaid Program
Jan 25, 2026
The Trump Healthcare plan, AI in Medicine, Medical Liability, and the sketchy 340b drug program
Jan 19, 2026
The ACA Subsidies, New Vaccine Schedules, Ezekiel Emmanuel, AI in Medicine
Jan 10, 2026
TDL Year End Review: the BBB Vindicated,First Principles in Health Policy and Popular 2025 Tweets
Jan 04, 2026
The Failure of the Electronic Medical Record in Medicine & the Impact of DEI in Medicine
Dec 21, 2025
Diving Deeper into The Canadian MAID Program and GOP Healthcare Solutions
Dec 21, 2025
Side Table with Christopher Habig: Turning Medicaid into a Trampoline, Not a Trap
Dec 08, 2025
Medicaid Fraud, COVID Vaccine Deaths, Eli Lilly PBM Moves, Health Care Economics
Dec 07, 2025
Side Table with Dr. Anahita Dua : Women's Health, Women in Medicine and the Challenges of Research Funding in Academia
Dec 06, 2025
Office Surgeries, Insurance Games, and Giving Thanks
Dec 06, 2025
Free Market or Central Control? Physicians Debate the Real Future of Healthcare
Nov 25, 2025
The Hidden Costs of Coverage: Why Subsidies Can’t Fix Healthcare
Nov 18, 2025
The Healthcare Fallacy: How Big Systems Broke the Market
Nov 11, 2025
Behind the Bill: What’s Really Driving Healthcare Costs
Nov 07, 2025
Side Table: The 340B Dilemma: Who Really Benefits?
Nov 04, 2025
When Politics Masquerades as Healthcare: A Deep Dive into Schumer’s Claims
Oct 29, 2025
Admit Defeat: How Hospitals Stripped Doctors of Control
Oct 24, 2025
The Government Shutdown: When Healthcare Policy Becomes Hostage Negotiation
Oct 14, 2025
The ACA Bubble: How Insurance Giants Hijacked American Healthcare
Oct 10, 2025
Private Equity in Medicine: Profit, Patients, and the Fight for Independent Practice
Oct 06, 2025
Side Table: Who Really Decides What Doctors Get Paid? Inside the RUC
Oct 03, 2025
Side Table: Monkeypox, Public Health Messaging, and the CDC’s Trust Problem
Sep 29, 2025
Who’s Steering the $50B? Doctors, Dollars & the Media Machine
Sep 26, 2025
Patients, Politics, and the FDA: Who Decides What’s Enough Evidence?
Sep 23, 2025
Futile Care, Dignity at the End of Life, and Physician-Owned Hospitals
Sep 19, 2025
Side Table: Declaring Death — Cutting Through the Noise on Organ Donation
Sep 16, 2025
Licensing Loopholes, Wage Pressures, and the Fight for Physician Standards
Sep 10, 2025
Physician Shortage, Visas, and Why Doctors Are Leaving Medicine
Sep 08, 2025
Hope vs. Power: Gene Therapy, FDA Shake-Up, and Truth in Medicine
Sep 04, 2025
Enforcement, Arbitration, and the Fight to Keep Independent Medicine Alive
Sep 02, 2025
38% of Doctors Gone in 5 Years? Inside the Battle for Independence
Aug 28, 2025
Prior Auth: The AI Arms Race, Medicare’s Cliff, and the Boomer Trade-Off
Aug 25, 2025
ACIP Bloodbath, AMA Meltdown: Who Really Speaks for Doctors
Aug 23, 2025
Is Healthcare a Right or a Rigged System?
Aug 18, 2025
Medicare: Promise, Politics, and Patient Care – Are Doctors Just a Nuisance Now?
Aug 15, 2025
Medicaid: The Safety Net with Cracks
Aug 09, 2025
Why Physicians Need a Voice in Healthcare Policy
Aug 09, 2025