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The Doctor's 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.

Website ↗ Last published 29 October 2026 87 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on The Doctor's Lounge

“I think of mergers like moving into a new house. It sounds really exciting, except when you have to pack up all your stuff and then bring the boxes in and then unpack it. … I wouldn't wish moving on my worst enemy. … And there are very little cost savings to be seen because of how long and arduous that task is.” — Andrew Tsang, The Doctor's Lounge
Andrew Tsang · 16 Oct 2026 Listen →
“When people try to say that, oh, a single payer system will be so much simpler, I just point to the physician fee schedule. It's sixteen hundred pages long just to figure out how much to pay doctors. That's just the physician fee schedule. That's not the hospital fee schedule or the SNF fee schedule or the inpatient rehab fee schedule or the medical equipment fee schedule.” — Anthony DiGiorgio, The Doctor's Lounge
Anthony DiGiorgio · 11 Oct 2026 Listen →
“One of the misconceptions I think doctors make is that I want to help people so I need to keep my prices low. I think that's one of the biggest fallacies out there, because if you want to help people you need to price appropriately so you are in a position of financial strength, then you can offer charitable care. I couldn't help anybody when I was bankrupt.” — Mollie James, The Doctor's Lounge
Mollie James · 11 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

The Doctor's Lounge is hosted by Anish Koka , Anthony DiGiorgio , Dutch Rojas , Dan Choi and Sanat Dixit .

Recent Episodes

  1. 29 Oct 2026

    Baseball Arbitration, Benchmarking, and Physician Leverage with Dr. Adam Bruggeman

    With Adam Bruggeman

  2. 25 Oct 2026

    SNAP, Medicaid Fraud, and the Case for Letting Prices Work

  3. 16 Oct 2026

    No Villains, Just Incentives: A Healthcare Consultant Turned Writer on Why the System Fights Itself

    With Andrew Tsang

  4. 11 Oct 2026

    Leaving the Employment Model: Dr. Mollie James on Going Independent

    With Mollie James

  5. 27 Sep 2026

    From Addiction to Advocacy: Tom Wolf's Journey

    With Tom Wolf

  6. 22 Sep 2026

    You Can't HSA That Away: Rachel Rosenthal on Medicare, Trade-offs, and Zero-COVID Singapore

    With Rachel Rosenthal

  7. 21 Sep 2026

    Real Doc Speaks: Bureaucracy, Bad Incentives, and the Fight to Keep Doctors in Charge

    With James O'Leary

  8. 14 Sep 2026

    The Cost Cure: Ashish Jha's Case for Price Caps, Competition, and Biosurveillance

    With Ashish Jha

  9. 7 Sep 2026

    Congressman Tom Oliverson on 340b, the No Surprises Act, gold carding, and more

    With Tom Oliverson

  10. 1 Sep 2026

    Vinay Prasad: COVID, the FDA, and Why Journalism Keeps Getting Medicine Wrong

    With Vinay Prasad

  11. 31 Aug 2026

    Vinay Prasad: COVID, the FDA, and Why Journalism Keeps Getting Medicine Wrong

    With Vinay Prasad

  12. 28 Aug 2026

    The Ship Has Sailed: Mike Munger on Medicare, Markets, and Debt

Guests

George Tolis (3 episodes), Vinay Prasad (2 episodes), Kevin Bass (2 episodes), Elad Levy (2 episodes), Benjamin Ryan , Anil Makam , Bob Goldberg , Rachel Rosenthal , Dr. Anahita Dua , Adam Bruggeman , Ed Gaines , Tom Wolf , and 31 more.