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Admit Defeat: How Hospitals Stripped Doctors of Control
Season 1 Episode 21
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This episode is a no-holds-barred takedown of how hospitals manipulate billing codes, exploit DRG loopholes, and increase p…
7 months, 1 week ago
The Government Shutdown: When Healthcare Policy Becomes Hostage Negotiation
Season 1 Episode 20
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In this fiery and insightful episode, the doctors dissect the political and economic fault lines behind the Affordable Care…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The ACA Bubble: How Insurance Giants Hijacked American Healthcare
Season 1 Episode 19
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This episode of The Doctor’s Lounge cuts straight into one of the most polarizing questions in U.S. healthcare: Did the Aff…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Private Equity in Medicine: Profit, Patients, and the Fight for Independent Practice
Season 1 Episode 18
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What happens when private equity buys hospitals? Do staffing cuts and profit motives compromise patient safety? This episod…
8 months ago
Side Table: Who Really Decides What Doctors Get Paid? Inside the RUC
Season 1 Episode 17
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Ever wonder who actually decides how much doctors earn for surgeries, visits, or procedures? This episode takes you inside …
8 months ago
Side Table: Monkeypox, Public Health Messaging, and the CDC’s Trust Problem
Season 1 Episode 16
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Journalist Ben Ryan joins the panel to unpack what really happened during the 2022 monkeypox outbreak, how public health me…
8 months, 1 week ago
Who’s Steering the $50B? Doctors, Dollars & the Media Machine
Season 1 Episode 15
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A spicy, inside-baseball roundtable on why rural healthcare dollars keep missing physicians, how enterprise EHRs and retail…
8 months, 1 week ago
Patients, Politics, and the FDA: Who Decides What’s Enough Evidence?
Season 1 Episode 14
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Dive into one of the most consequential debates in medicine: how should the FDA balance speed, safety, and patient need in …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Futile Care, Dignity at the End of Life, and Physician-Owned Hospitals
Season 1 Episode 13
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When an 88-year-old with dementia lands in the hospital, should we implant a device simply “because we can”? The panel exam…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Side Table: Declaring Death — Cutting Through the Noise on Organ Donation
Season 1 Episode 12
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Organ donation is one of the most emotional and misunderstood processes in modern medicine. In this minisode, the hosts tac…
8 months, 3 weeks ago