The Doctors’ Lounge
Where scalpels meet systems — and physicians say what they really think.
Co-hosted by Anish Koka, MD & Anthony DiGiorgio, DO. Candid talks on healthcare policy, reform, physician autonomy & patient care.
The Doctors’ Lounge
Latest Episodes
You Can't HSA That Away: Rachel Rosenthal on Medicare, Trade-offs, and Zero-COVID Singapore
Episode Summary Rachel Rosenthal, an editorial board member at Bloomberg who writes on healthcare and education, joins Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka for a wide-ranging conversation about healthcare reporting, COVID-era lessons, a...
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Real Doc Speaks: Bureaucracy, Bad Incentives, and the Fight to Keep Doctors in Charge
In this special add-on episode, Anish Koka and Anthony DiGiorgio welcome Dr. James O'Leary — a Mayo-trained OB-GYN with forty years of experience, former department chairman, ACO board member, and host of the Real Doc Speaks podcast — for a wid...
The Cost Cure: Ashish Jha's Case for Price Caps, Competition, and Biosurveillance
Episode SummaryAnthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, co-founder and CEO of BioRadar, senior fellow at Harvard Belfer Center, and former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, about the future of American healthcare...
Congressman Tom Oliverson on 340b, the No Surprises Act, gold carding, and more
Episode Summary In this episode of the Doctor's Lounge, Anthony DiGiorgio speaks with Hon. Tom Oliverson, MD, Texas State Representative for House District 130 and chair of the House Republican Caucus. Dr. Oliverson shares how he mo...
Vinay Prasad: COVID, the FDA, and Why Journalism Keeps Getting Medicine Wrong
The prior uploaded file had 26 seconds that was corrupted. Restored on this version!Episode Summary:Dr. Vinay Prasad joins the Doctors Lounge in a recorded in person conversation that moves from his time at the FDA to bigger qu...
