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Medical Malpractice, an out of control problem that hurts everyone. With Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest Dr. Jeffery English, Director of the MS Center at Piedmont Hospital.

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With Dr. Scott Barbour and his guest, Decorated Marine pilot, E.R. Doctor, and Congressional candidate, Dr. Rich McCormick.

Opioids have been in the news for more than a decade. At least 50 times stronger than morphine, Fentanyl was developed for pain management in cancer patients.
Today, its an abused narcotic that impacts healthcare, immigration, and geo-politics.
Listen as host Dr. Hal Scherz takes you into the Doctor's Lounge for a frank discussion.

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Medical societies stretching back to the founding of our nation have built trust decade after decade, century after century.
Medical societies formed to share observations and therapies to improve clinical judgment and establish medical standards of care.
Transparency and freedom were assumed but much has changed. What has happened to our medical societies & institutions and can we still trust them?
Now corporate sponsorships, big Pharma, insurance and unaccountable bureaucrats all seem to have a corrupting influence.

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Our family suffered a terrible blow with the passing of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation’s Executive Director Felicia Horton this past Monday, May 16 at the age of 58. Felicia has been the catalyst and heart of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation for more than a decade, weathering storms and nurturing our organization from a fledgling association of physicians to a foundation with national impact.
Special guests will call in from across the country as show host Dr. Hal Scherz invites friends and colleagues into The Doctor’s Lounge Radio Show.

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Healthcare Centralization
Are hospitals killing American healthcare?
Dr. Hal Scherz steps back into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss one of the culprits damaging healthcare in America.

Who's Beating Up Your Doctor?
Your doctor is the face of your health care but you would be shocked how many influencers are getting in between you and their clinical judgment.
Dr. Scott Barbour is back in the Doctor's Lounge to explain how your medical care has been corrupted. From medical boards, insurance companies, and government agencies to hospital systems, there is little room for your physicians opinion in all the regulatory oversight and cost cutting.

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With Dr. Scott Barbour and his guest, Decorated Marine pilot, E.R. Doctor, and Congressional candidate, Dr. Rich McCormick.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz in the Doctor's Lounge to hear Joe Biden's Lies About Healthcare

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Let's Not Forget... Lessons learned about the Doctor Patient Relationship.
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Racial equity has found a new battlefield in America, and its Health Care. Host Dr. Hal Scherz tackles the question "Does race have any place in healthcare discussions?"

What has happened to the doctor patient relationship? With Dr. Scott Barbour

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Democrat Policies are making America less healthy.
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What is the Endpoint for COVID?
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D4PCF President Lee Gross steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss with host Dr. Hal Scherz how the past years of labor helped shape the national and state level agendas in several areas of health care.

From taking the Direct Primary Care practice model to the White House though fighting state by state to repeal Certificate of Need, the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation has made nation shaping impact in less than 10 years.

We remain in the thick of these issues to make positive impact for healthcare and patients when the political landscape improves while upping our ground game to deliver patient care in innovative models of medicine at the local level.

The ideological shifts in society are impacting policy and the culture of healthcare.
Dr. Hal Scherz, host of the Doctor's Lounge Radio Show, will address Wokism, Race and Medicine
It's bad news for patients and the future of healthcare

The Why is in What We Believe
Healthcare is broken and Surgeon Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins steps into the Doctor's Lounge Radio Show to discuss why. Makary is an advocate for disruptive innovation in medicine and was named one of the most influential people in healthcare by Health magazine. In 2018, Makary was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Makary is a regular commentator on national media and made waves earlier this year predicting COVID-19 would achieve herd immunity around April 2021.
He is the author of "The Price We Pay" examining what broke healthcare and how to fix it.

Dr. Hal Scherz welcomes his guest Dr. Roy Benaroch into the Doctor's Lounge. Dr. Benaroch is a Pediatrician and an expert on behavioral health in children.

Racist America... Racist Healthcare
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The break neck pace of new Presidential Executive Orders is turning toward health care.
Congress is pulling out long planned legislation and slipping it in omnibus packages with thousands of pages that can't possibly be properly vetted let along read and studied.
Beware the of stealth takeover of healthcare - it is happening right before our eyes.
Host Dr. Hal Scherz unpacks the policies that are hidden in plan site.

Dr. Scott Barbour speaks with his special guest, Inky Johnson

Wokeism is creeping in to every aspect of our lives.
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Healthcare Remains Center Stage in the Washington Power Struggle
Long time leader and partner in the fight for the doctor/patient relationship returns to the Doctor's Lounge to help chart the path forward.
Grace Marie Turner of the Galen Institute is our guest with host Hal Scherz, M.D.
We will discuss the immediate battles and the long term philosophy urging centralized control of medicine out or Washington.

Med Twitter was ablaze with a series of posts by Martin Kulldorff that have been spreading since December.
The Twelve Forgotten Principles of Public Health strike at the heart of our COVID centric pandemic response.
Host Dr. Scott Barbour unpacks the principles and gives his take from the free market perspective on the frontlines of patient care.
Read the principles at https://threadreaderapp.com/

Flip flops, moving the goal posts, and political science are frustrating Americans as the pandemic response moves into year two.
As host Dr. Hal Scherz says, "The bloom is off the Democrat's rose".
Americans are losing patience and confidence with the Left and their COVID policies.

Governor DeSantis had locked down his State like so many others around the country. Then in September of 2020, he took a public meeting with professors and virologists that changed everything. The Governor apologized to the people of Florida and lifted all restrictions and mandates. We can no longer act like we don't have nearly a year of real world medical learning about COVID, what works and what doesn't. Dr. Scott Barbour, host of the Doctor's Lounge, rips off the band aide and parses the difference of political science and real science.

Defending the Children
A dangerous issue to discuss but too much is at stake.

Dr Hal Scherz, our host and a pediatric urologist, discusses the impact of the transgender movement on pediatrics.
He plans to confront head on the impact of the movement and the implications of surgical interventions on the lifelong health and well being of children..

Dr Scott Barbour opens the door to the Doctor's Lounge for a serious discussion of our medical profession.
Not all white coats are the same.

With a flurry of Executive Orders, the new President is pausing and undoing the prior administration's policies at a furious pace.
Free market policies in healthcare from DPC to price transparency are all under review.
Host Dr. Hal Scherz will examine the Biden Administration's early moves and unpack the healthcare agenda coming to us all.

Overcoming a Crippling Injury
Host Scott Barbour, M.D. brings Inky Johnson into the Doctor's Lounge with a story of tragedy to triumph.
The rising football star faced a devastating injury on the field leaving his arm paralyzed and dreams crushed.
Tune in for Inky's story and a challenge - for in troubled circumstances, leadership is going first. Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation is heeding the call to be the first into the breach for American Healthcare.

The world is still reeling with the election, the charges of fraud in the many states, and the incursion of the Capitol Building. Cancel culture is on the march and it is forging a dangerous road forward. Especially dangerous is the impact of cancel culture on health care. Dr. Hal Scherz, host of the Doctor's Lounge, unpacks the issues as the future remains unclear.

Never give up, you never know what's around the corner.
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Year end show
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Georgia & the Fate of the Nation's Health

In the world of national politics, all eyes are on Georgia. Even more is at stake than the political party in charge of the Senate.
GA voters are last line of protection for America’s health care independence.
Docs 4 Patient Care was borne out of the frustration physicians were experiencing through the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of medicine by bureaucracy.
Today, with the possibility of the Legislative and Executive branches of government coming under the control of the Democrats, we are facing the same political philosophy in charge again. The threat of socialized medicine is more real than ever before.
Dr. Hal Scherz, host of the Doctor's Lounge, unpacks the issues as Georgia takes center stage.

Have we lost our ability to think critically?
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This is perhaps America's greatest healthcare pivot point in history, of equal if not greater consequence than the passage of the ACA (Obamacare).
BOTH hosts of The Doctor's Lounge, Hal Scherz, M.D. and Scott Barbour, M.D. are on deck to discuss how what happens in Georgia will determine the future of healthcare for all America.

The Doctor Patient Relationship

Dr. Scott Barbour steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss what's at stake in this election.

More than a change in parties, it is a fundamental change in worldview. It is a change in the fundamental approach to delivering care and the doctor's diminished part in it

The mess of this election is a harbinger of things to come.
Host Dr. Hal Scherz will unpack the impact of people in government expanding further into your healthcare.
The very same people who can't seem to handle counting ballots in one night.

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With host Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest Brian Blase, Senior Policy Fellow, and CEO of Blase Policy Strategies, and from 2017 to 2019, Special Assistant to the president for Economic Policy.

The march toward the free market VS the march toward Socialism

We've seen over the past six months the impact of fear when it comes to our health.

Scott Barbour steps back into the Doctor's Lounge with the proposition - "This election is about whether or not we will have Socialized medicine"

There are only 2 ways to allocate scarce resources
1) Rationing by a government body
2) free markets

COVID has demonstrated, & continues to demonstrate how governments fail.

Government Harbinger

Experiments in universal health care abound in nations around the world.

One harbinger close to home was the Veterans Administration.

Dr. Scott Barbour spent years in this military medical system - the equivalent of Medicare for All for our retired heroes. Listen in for the harsh realities of centralized control in health care.

Scherz on COVID-19

The research and information errors and outright fraud in the data has been maddening for our physicians on the front lines of care.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz steps back into the Doctor's Lounge to act as our Covid Truth Detector- separating fact from fiction.

Harbinger of Medicare for All
In the ongoing call for Universal Health Care as expressed through the rally cry of "Medicare for All", its past time we look at how expanding the existing system will impact America's health care. Host Dr. Scott Barbour will dive into the harbinger that is COVID-19. With so many response failures across so many government departments and at so many levels, how much worse can it get. Centralizing the control of +320 million citizens' health care will be like throwing gasoline on a burning fire - if history be our guide.

Scherz unpacks the past to see the future

We are a mere two months from a presidential election.
Dr. Hal Scherz will look into the past policies of candidate Biden to determine the impact of a Biden Presidency on American health care.
With a long history of centralizing health care in Washington, DC, Biden has surrounded himself with voices pushing for greater control than the PPACA instituted.

Host Scott Barbour, M.D. is loaded for bear for the next episode of the Doctor's Lounge. Armed with a mountain of data, studies, and media reports, Dr. Barbour will unpack the disinformation on COVID-19:
* Opening schools
* Hydroxychloroquine & Zinc
* FDA, WHO, CDC
* Numbers
* Testing
* Path Forward
If you haven't tuned in to Dr. Scott, this is the show you do not want to miss

A Giant has passed.
Herman Cain was a long time champion of the doctor patient relationship, fighting alongside the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation for years.
Host Dr. Hal Scherz, a long time personal friend of Cain, will unpack the impact of the man in his battle (public and private) to deliver health care to America and protect the greatest health care system on earth.
Expect multiple guests and some of the best sound bites from Cain himself during his many times speaking at D4PCF events.

There has been a rumbling under the surface for months as physicians quietly questioned the approach to managing the COVID-19 infection.
Beyond the staggering retraction of policy making studies in Lancet & NEJM. Beyond the incoherent and inconsistent application of mitigation measures by politicians. Beyond pharmacies overriding physician clinical judgment. Things are coming to a head.
Host Dr. Scott Barbour will speak about the Americas Frontlines Doctors experience In DC. Not just the pressers and attacks, but what happened behind the scenes.

Mis-information and mistakes in the middle of a crisis are to be expected.
In the military, its commonly known as the "fog of war". Great leaders make the tough calls and navigate through this fog to victory.
For this pandemic, it has been something more. What happens when your own people exaggerate circumstances and repeatedly provide fraudulent data?
Host Dr. Scott Barbour examines the hoaxes surrounding the COVID-19 epidemic.

The next election is unlike many in US history as both parties are publishing more than generalities - but diametrically opposed policies.
Dr Hal Scherz, host of Doctor's Lounge, unpacks the reality of the promised reforms to Health care in "the alternative universe of Democratic rule".

Its past time to evaluate who made the right calls and who made the wrong ones in responding to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Host Dr. Scott Barbour will be joined by Dr. Rick McCormick to discuss the lockdown, masks, hydroxychloroquine and the big question of why government failed and continues to fail AND why the free market continues to get COVID-19 right.
Expect particular analysis how corrupt government has promoted worthless Remdesivir while effectively banning hydroxychloroquine for political motivations.
Rich McCormick is a marine veteran and practicing physician running for Georgia district 07.

With Dr. Hal Scherz
The media has touted a recent uptick in cases of COVID-19 and is sounding an alarm.
Other indicators, such as hospitalization and fatality rates, are good news.
Since mid March, we have a library of lessons learned. Enough to make a clear contrast: Health care progress under Trump vs regression back to Obamacare under Biden.

Socialized medicine is touted as the solution for managing catastrophic events thanks to the coordination of central planning and the best use of resources.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed again how in theory, socialism works wonders, but in the harsh reality of the crucible of human frailty and vice, it leads only to greater death and destruction.
Join host Scott Barbour, M.D. tomorrow for "Everything wrong with Socialized Medicine illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic".

Years of advocacy has brought victory in freeing the doctor patient relationship.
The US Treasury has proposed a new rule that will allow you to use your money in tax deferred medical accounts (including FSAs, HRAs, and some HSAs) to pay for doctor care in Direct Primary Care relationships.
Dr. Lee Gross, president of the Docs4PatientCare Foundation (D4PCF), joins host Hal Scherz to unpack the proposal, "the rule promises relief for patients and doctors fighting for survival."
The long fought battle is not over. There is a sixty day comment period and several issues that must be corrected.

Amazing what a week brings.
In the wake of recent rioting and protest, the hypocrisy of COVID-19 policies has been laid bare.
The totalitarianism of the left in health care directives throughout the pandemic has only made matters worse.
Host Dr. Hal Scherz explains why they cannot be allowed to control American health care.

Few remember a time when the delivery of health care and the physician's clinical judgment has been so politicized. In the times of COVID-19, medications are endorsed or denied based on political affiliation. Dr. Scott Barbour will discuss how politics impacted our management of COVID-19 and dispel myths about everything from disease mortality, transmission, and the efficiencies of therapies available today.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz tackles the latest updates to the COVID-19 impact on America
From the politicization of therapies through the silencing of dissent to challenges to the physician's clinical judgment by politicians, the front lines of health care is unlike anything we have ever seen.

Opening Up America with Guest Dr. Rich McCormick
Host Dr. Scott Barbour, is joined again by Dr. Rich McCormick, a former Marine Corps pilot and Emergency Room Doctor.
The two Georgians will spend the hour pouring over the latest facts about the COVID-19 pandemic and the path to opening America up.

Dr. Hal Scherz tackles two of the most pressing issues in these times of COVID-19 and quarantine. China's dominance over our drug supplies, and the death of large segments of our health care system loom large.
Both were the topics of published editorials over the past week.
Additionally, expect a bonus sneak preview of an upcoming article on the suppression of independent thought by doctors outside of the accepted narrative.

Dr. Scott Barbour, reviews the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and plans to demonstrate how the various sectors of government run health care have failed.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Steven Shore returns to the Doctor's Lounge with host Hal Scherz, M.D.
With over 50 years of experience, a specialization in pediatrics, and history working with the CDC, Dr Shore has seen it all.
Tune in for a lively conversation about the current state of things informed by the lifetime of experiences from the ultimate insider.

Dr. Scott Barbour brings Sorosh Golchin, Orthopedic Sales Representative from Arthrex, into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the problems in purchasing medical devices.

After a last minute conflict upended our show two weeks ago, Betsy McCaughey is back in the Doctor's Lounge with host Dr. Hal Scherz.
CoronaVirus dominates the headlines and consumes virtually every conversation. Now is the time to begin discussing getting back to work.
Thought leader Betsy McCaughey, Chairman of the Committee to Reduce infection Deaths steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss her two most recent articles analyzing the spread, the response, and the impact of the lockdown.

Time to call in a marine -- and an emergency room doctor. Rick McCormick, MD joins Doctor's Lounge host Scott Barbour, MD to discuss the push toward socialized medicine. Expect the conversation to move toward confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and what we know up to the minute.

COVID-19 Update with host Dr. Hal Scherz.

The Doctor's Lounge
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Host Dr. Hal Scherz talks about COVID-19, the Corona Virus.

Dr. Scott Barbour's Comparison of Socialized Medicine VS Free Market Medicine

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz as he talks to his guest, Sally Pipes.

Radio Host Hal Scherz, M.D. steps back into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the issues ahead for health care in 2020. Victories have been rolling in on the national & state levels and an explosion of new free market practices popping up across the nation. The real delivery of health care is poised to make a come back, but this is an election year...

America's Web Radio would like to welcome the newest member of the Doctor's Lounge, Dr. Scott Barbour.

Host Hal Scherz, M.D. steps back into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss hospitals and their conflict of interest as tax exempt entities. Their fiscal advantages have positioned these so called non-profits to become among the most powerful forces in healthcare. Bonus - discussion of D4PCF advisor Sally Pipes new book!

Dr. Hal Scherz talks about HC4U (Health Care for You), with his guest Elaine Parker, President, Job Creators Network Foundation, and Chief Communications Officer, Job Creators Network.

The Doctors Lounge with host Dr. Mike Koriwchak

2019 Healthcare Recap With host Dr. Hal Scherz

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz and his topic: Personalized healthcare; Big Data getting into healthcare and danger to the public; and a new article I have written comparing single payer plans to VA healthcare.

"Our Math Works, There's Don't" The Battle of Big Health Care Plans The wizards of smart say expanding Medicare to All would cost somewhere north of $30 trillion over the next 10 years (the USA produces about 19 trillion a years - in total). This week in the Doctor's Lounge, Dr. Michael Koriwchak takes a look at the numbers Elizabeth Warren published this week - from the perspective of the frontlines of medicine.

Dr. Hal Scherz discusses personalized health care and the reasons to choose freedom over government control of health care. In part two, Dr. Scherz expects to discuss the subversive forces in Congress who are trying to sabotage health care in both parties.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz talks with his guest Dr. Scott Barbour, Orthopedic Surgeon and founder of Barbour Orthopedics.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz talks with his very special guest, Dr. Marty Makary about his latest book, The Price We Pay. Dr. Makary practices surgical oncology and advanced laparoscopic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and is a professor of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Join host Dr. Mike Koriwchak as he discusses Medicine in the News

Host Dr. Hal Scherz talks with his special guest, Dr. Marty Makary, Surgical Oncologist, Johns Hopkins health policy expert, and New York Times bestselling author.

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Dr. Hal Scherz topic: Challenging the Orthodoxy on Transgender

While no fan of the pharmaceutical industry, Host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. unpacks the history of drug litigation, the principles, and little known facts around the rulings.

Join Dr. Mike Koriwchak in the Doctor's Lounge as he outlines how the death of Jeffrey Epstein reveals - once again - we cannot trust the government with our health.
Political "mad scientist", Bernie Sanders is building a Frankenstein monster called, "Medicare for All". If it comes to life, the health care of every American will be behind bars.

Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest, Cynthia Fisher, talk about Price Transparency in Healthcare.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz as he discusses the executive order signed by President Trump on Monday. It is a game changer and we were there. I will unpack what it says and what it means for US healthcare and for patients.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz will bring the President of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, Dr. Lee Gross in to unpack the impact of the CON (certificate of need) repeal in Florida. Dr. Gross will update listeners on the Trump administration's efforts on DPC (Direct Primary Care), and the areas it falls short.

Host Dr. Mike Koriwchak and his guest, Dr. Robert Berry, of Greenville Tennessee, discuss the takeover of the health care market by Ballad Health, and state-supervised inpatient healthcare monopolies.

Dr. Hal Scherz discusses the Trump Administration's two major pushes in health care - Surprise Billing and Price Transparency.

Host Dr. Mike Koriwchak talks about his How to Save Medicare meeting at the White House, and his meeting with The Office of Health Information Technology.

Join Host Dr. Mike Koriwchak, and his guest, Dr. Lee Gross, President of the Docs4PatientCare Foundation, as they discuss the passage of bills in Georgia and Florida that give the green light to Direct Primary Care.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz as he talks about Health Care in the News.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz unpacks Bernie's Medicare for all Plan.

Host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. tackles the news in part one of this week's Doctor's Lounge.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz, and his guest Dr. Marty Koyle, Head of the Division of Urology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), in Toronto.

Join host Hal Scherz, M.D. as he invites Robert Moffit, Ph.D of the Heritage Foundation into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the opinion piece, the thought leaders in the Democrat party's embrace of socialism, and what the ideas will mean for the delivery of doctor care to patients.

Join host Michael Koriwchak, M.D. as he sits down with Josh Umbehr, M.D. and Chad Savage, M.D. after speaking from the main stage at the Direct Primary Care Conference (DPC 2018) in Orlando

Join host Hal Scherz, M.D. as he spends the hour unpacking the latest medical news

Join Dr. Mike as we travel back to DPC 2018 and explore the best interviews recorded live at the conference. This week Dr. Mike interviews Dale Bellis of Liberty HealthShare and Dr. Elaina George, author, speaker, columnist, podcaster, and board certified Otolaryngologist.

Dr. Hal discusses the high cost of health care

Guest interviews from DPC 3.0

Dr. Hal and his guest Dr. Chip Harbaugh will discuss the measles epidemic in the USA and the trend to avoid childhood vaccinations.

The Doctor’s Lounge is pleased to announce it's late winter/spring series of shows highlighting our speakers and attendees at our DPC 3.0 meeting held in Orlando last fall.

Join Dr. Hal for the Best Of The Doctor’s Lounge Radio Show - Single Payer Problems

Dr. Mike talks about the Direct Primary Care Conference

Dr. Hal and his special guest Dr. Lane Palmer talk about threats to your rights as a parent to make medical decisions for your children

Join Dr. Mike as he discusses Direct Primary Care

Join Dr. Hal as he discusses important health care issues

Dr. Hal talks about the best in health care news

Join Dr. Mike as he discusses the recent DCP conference with his guest Dr. Lee Gross

Join Dr. Hal as he discusses stories from the news.

Join Dr. Scherz and his guest Sally Pripes as they discuss the failure of socialized medicine.

Join Dr. Hal as he discusses problems with single payer coverage compared to primary care

Join Dr. Mike and his guest as they talk about primary care

Dr. Hal discusses the state of health care

Host Mike Koriwchak is preparing an hour of rapid fire news that will impact health care nationwide. First, a sneak preview of the next DPC conference in Orlando, FL. Second, a field report on the recent trip to brief policy makers in Washington, DC by Mike and fellow co-host Hal Scherz, M.D. Third, the innovations in tech continue to impact the future. Mike reviews the new Apple Watch with its FDA approval for a heart rhythm strip.

Host Hal Scherz, M.D. explains how the best intentions have morphed into a philosophy whose only answer is controlling doctors and restricting care.

Dr. Gross steps into The Doctor's Lounge with host Mike Koriwchak to share some of the testimony he was scheduled to deliver to the Senate committee.

Brian Hill, M.D., one of the founders of HIPnation steps into the Doctor's Lounge to explain the importance of specialty care and the disruption to the typical insurance model that happens when combined with Direct Primary Care.

Twila Brase, RN, PHN, steps into the Doctor's Lounge with host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. to expose how the mandated, government-certified EHR technology (CEHRT) has negatively affected both doctors and patients.

Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute has been a publishing machine this past quarter, providing editorial after editorial highlighting the failures of socialized medicine around the world. Pipes, a member of the D4PCF Advisory Board, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the catastrophic impact of single payer medicine. This episode is especially timely as the Kaiser Family Foundation reports the student caucus convinced the AMA to study reversing the long held position against socialized medicine.

In part one, show host Michael Koriwchak, M.D. is about to share bold news about CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). In part two, Koriwchak reruns the best segments from a show two weeks ago featuring D4PCF President Lee Gross and his report on the legislative trojan horse for DPC.

Host Hal Scherz explores the way regulations are creating an environment driving physicians out of health care.

Host Hal Scherz, M.D. will explore the possibilities and problems of these juggernauts upending health care for millions of lives.

Dr. Hal Scherz, M.D. will take listeners through the list of essential reforms as the Administration continues to reform the Federal bureaucracies.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz as he introduces an alternative to the norm in Primary Health Care HIP Nation.

One man offering solutions is Candidate for Georgia Governor, Hunter Hill. Hill steps into The Doctor's Lounge for an in depth interview with host Mike Koriwchak on the solutions for health care possible at the state level.

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Join Dr. Koriwchak for another great Health Care update.

Hal Scherz, M.D. discusses the successes in the ground game of medical reform. From the Florida success in DPC (led in part by D4PCF President Lee Gross) to the end of MOC in Texas through the efforts of State Rep. Dawn Buckingham, M.D., local leaders and physicians are finding solutions the Federal government fails to address.

Join Dr. Koriwchak as he discusses Changes in D.C. both people and policy

Join host and Guest Marion Mass and our host

Three of America's leading companies have sent shock waves through the health care industry by announcing a partnership to serve the health care needs of their vast employee networks

Host Michael Koriwchak, M.D. explores the comments President Trump made on health care in the State of the Union Address.

Urologist Martha Boone steps into the Doctor's Lounge with Dr. Scheerz to discuss her new book, The Big Free. A work of fiction based on her own experiences in the medical world, Dr. Boone has crafted a humorous, dramatic, coming of age story for a female doctor in one of the busiest trauma centers of New Orleans.

Join Dr. Michael Koriwchak as he tackles the impact of online doctor ratings. Are patients motivated to praise online, or does it only skew toward reporting when there is a problem?

Join host Dr. Michael Koriwcahk and guests Jodi Carroll of votefacts.org and Chad Savage, M.D. a featured speaker on the economics of the DPC practice model, step into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the success of the free market in developing tools like EMRs that are actually useful in the practice of medicine

Elizabeth Wendell is a young physician who had escaped the indoctrination in college and medical school that most individuals in her position have been subjected to. She steps into the Doctor's Lounge with host Hal Scherz, M.D. to share her experiences as a young conservative in the education system today.

Join Dr. Michael Koriwchak as he discusses health IT and the interest in primary care.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz and guest Will Hall as they discuss the exciting and affordable new primary care program called HipNation. You've got to listen to this program.

Host Dr Mike Koriwchak fired up the microphones at the 2017 Direct Primary Care conference to interview a number of up and coming leaders thriving in their own personally designed DPC practice models

Host Hal Sherz, M.D. was a part of the program and will give an insiders debrief of the event that unfolded over three days at the Rosen Centre. Look for an exploration of new health care plans/opportunities in the final segments of the show.

What now? The answer may lie in the consequences of the recently passed OTC hearing aid act, - a rare move by Congress to deregulate a small part of health care. What free market solutions may follow? Tune in for this little known positive move and hear the latest on the breaking news coming from the President and his teased forthcoming executive orders.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz, M.D. as he addresses some major controversial subjects in our health care industry and so much more.

Twila Brase, President of the Citizens' Council for Health Freedom, returns to the Doctor's Lounge with an array of topics & breaking news to tackle. Front and center will be analysis of the demise of the Graham-Cassidy legislative attempt to move ObamaCare funding to the States in the form of block grants.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz in the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the state of health care in the do nothing Congress when it comes to health care. In light of the utter failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, what are the options left for the GOP and Americans hoping for some solution to the staggering costs and frightening fiscal unknowns in seeking medical care?

Join Dr. Michael Koriwchak, M.D. and his special guest Dr. Lee Gross, M.D. as the discuss the new option of direct primary care in medicine.

Mrs. Pipes has been unpacking the numbers behind it all. Pipes steps into the Doctor's Lounge tomorrow to explain it all. In Investor's Business Daily, she explains the trojan horse in single payer health care by comparing what American politicians are proposing with the real world experiences of countries that implemented socialized medicine.

Matthew D. Mitchell, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on the impact and results of Certificate of Need Laws throughout the many states

The spectacular failure of the Senate to pass any kind of reform legislation leaves ObamaCare completely intact. Dr. Koriwchak will do analysis and show how none of the solutions posited by the politicians solves the crucial problems on the front lines of medicine. He proposes an opt out principle to allow patients and doctors to work together unencumbered by the bureaucratic leviathan that is our health care system.

Tune in as McCaughey takes a scalpel to the "cookie-cutter" medicine policies killing the doctor - patient relationship. This is a great show that tells it like it is!

Host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. tackles the latest news in this episode of Doctor's Lounge. Expect updates on the plight of Charlie Gard, an 11 month old UK baby with infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The UK NHS (socialized medicine) denied Charlie experimental treatment outside the country at the parent's expense. The NHS revisited in light of the public outcry and a USA pediatrician has traveled England to evaluate the case. The Senate debacle on health care reform is still unfolding and Dr. Mike will analyze the latest turn of events.

Jim Manley, senior attorney of the Goldwater Institute, is leading the fight in court to declare CON laws unconstitutional and steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on oral arguments made on June 26 at the Georgia Supreme Court.

Part One - Single Payor Morality Social media has been on fire with the story of Charlie Gard, an 11 month old UK baby with infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). President Trump and the Pope offered support for free experimental nucleoside therapy in the face of the socialized British NHS deciding to pull life support. Dr. Koriwchak does analysis and connects the dots to the philosophical debate laid bare in the Cruz/Sanders CNN debate he attended several months ago.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and D4PCF National Board Member Ori Hampel, M.D. steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the back story of the legislation, the process to passage, and give some insight to expanding the reform to other States on Maintenance of Certification.

Leaders from across the nation (one as far as Alaska) descended on Washington D.C. to discuss one of the biggest, yet unknown cost drivers and inhibitors of care - Certificate of Need (CON) Laws

Matthew D. Mitchell, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on the impact and results of Certificate of Need Laws throughout the many states

Join Dr. Korwichak as he tackles breaking news as the Department of Health and Human Services levies a $155 million fine on eClinicalWorks for failures in their EMR products.

Our upward trajectory accelerates with the addition of Sally Pipes to the Advisory Board of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation. Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Foundation, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to inaugurate her joining the board and discuss the state of health care today.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz, M.D. and his guest Mr. Wayne Oliver Executive Director of Patients for Fair Compensation and they discuss a new proposal that could eliminate the need for malpractice suits. Interesting show, listen and learn!

Host Dr. Michael Koriwchak, our Health IT specialist and author of our white paper on Electronic Medical Records, Surprises the audience this week. Titled, "How Health IT destroys doctor to patient and doctor to doctor communication", this show tackles the downside of integrating technology in the delivery of care to patients.

Renown Investor-Philanthropist Foster Friess steps into the Doctor's Lounge after raising the bar in the heath care debate with a recent Washington Times Opinion Editorial. As Congress reverses the order of the promised "Repeal and Replace", Friess challenges us all to build a consensus bill that melds transcendent truths with free market principles.Friess is an unapologetic Christian that brings the principles of the civil society to bear on public policy resulting in a compelling case for "being my brother's keeper" in the context of the free market and personal responsibility.

Hal Scherz, regular host of the Doctor's Lounge, is gearing up for a fast review of health care news.A variety of stories are in the pipeline for the show, but breaking at this hour - new life breathed into the Republican health care reform.

Host Michael Koriwchak, M.D., our in house Health IT guru will unpack the complexities and comment on the problems and possibilities ahead. Bitcoin, the digital currency, rose to prominence from it's start in 2009 built upon Blockchain encryption and records keeping technology.Instead of a database that is centrally located and maintains the records (be they currency or health records), blockchain shares the data among a network of computers allowing users to add transactions (or information blocks) to the chain.The information is kept secure through cryptography and distribution over a wide array of computers. The implications of a decentralized network maintaining records and overcoming the ongoing challenges of interoperability have excited a flurry of articles and papers over the past six months.

Host Hal Scherz, M.D. returns to the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the new standards rolling out in the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual. Recommendations for prostate testing as well as mammograms have been swinging back and forth with perhaps the largest fury erupting over the USPSTF recommendations prioritizing economics and population data over the doctor's clinical judgment.

Dr. Meg Edison touched off a firestorm in late 2015 when she decided she had had enough of MOC. Edison exposed MOC (maintenance of certification) for ABP (American Board of Pediatrics) as a large scale money making scheme that allowed its leaders a laundry list of luxuries while costing struggling pediatricians thousands in direct fees, testing, and office based self reporting. Edison published her reasons and ignited a groundswell of support from like minded doctors. The ensuing outrage has even risen to a general vote by the AMA to (in part) reject MOC requirements for practicing physicians. Meg steps into the Doctor's Lounge with host Michael Koriwchak, M.D. to update us on the battle over MOC taking place in states around the country.

Michael Hamilton, Managing Editor of Health Care News for the Heartland Institute, just published "Health Care Reform Lives, Vindicating House Conservatives" and steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss what happened, what went wrong, and how the potential for real reform (that was actually passed in prior Congressional sessions) is stronger than ever.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz, MD as he discusses the real cost of health care, doctors moving out of private practices and hospital charges."The inability of the GOP to get a healthcare bill to a vote is typical of the dysfunction that describes the Republican Party. As opposed to the Democrats who march in unison and can get legislation through Congress, the GOP is paralyzed by competing ideas. They have forgotten what it means to govern, and can only whine about what they would be able to do if they were given the chance. Well, they asked for the House, for the Senate and the White House.

Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute and member of the D4PC Foundation Advisory Board steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss not only the bill and the process, but her call for compromise.

Host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. attended the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Orlando last week. Koriwchak described the competition for market dominance in health information technology as a Game of Thrones. Tune in as he reviews the event and unpacks the state of IT post-conference.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest Michael Hamilton from the Heartland Institute as they discuss potential changes in health care and the potential re-placement of the Affordable Care Act.

Host Dr. Michael Koriwchak will look at the reaction from a few segments of the medical community and give us an update on some encouraging news coming out of Johns Hopkins regarding workflow efficiencies arising from applying health IT. The latter half of the show will revisit a few segments from Dr. Chuck Webster on a recent show where they discuss innovating IT workflows.

Dr. Brian Hill joins Dr/ Scjerz in the Doctor’s Lounge to explain the scope of the problem and share the solutions that he thinks are necessary to disrupt and transform healthcare.

Prolific blogger Chuck Webster, M.D. steps into the Doctor's Lounge this week to discuss IT and Business Process Management.

Join Dr. Scherz as he explore several larger principles - how do you lower cost systemically? How do you empower patients and doctors?

Join host Michael Koriwchak, MD as they talk about the ACA and the free market approach to health care policy. Senator Hill hopes to fill the large shoes of long time friend of D4PCF, Representative Tom Price, who has been chosen to lead the Department of Health & Human Services. If approved by the Senate, the 6th District of Georgia will become vacant and Georgia will hold a special election.

Join Dr. Scherz and long time friend of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, Sally Pipes returns to the Doctor's Lounge to discuss all things health care.

Host Mike Koriwchak invites two business leaders serving the health care community into the Doctor's Lounge. Don Lee hosts #hcbiz - a blog, weekly tweet chat and talk show that takes a practical look at The Business of Healthcare. In the second segment, Randall Oates, the developer of SOAPware - a EHR provider (among many other services for the health care industry) - steps into the Doctor's Lounge to round out our business episode.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest in the Doctors Lounge Alfredo Ortiz is the President and CEO for the Job Creators Network, a nonpartisan organization founded by entrepreneurs like Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus who believe the best defense against bad government policy is a well-informed public.

Dr. Michael Koriwchak discusses all the election results and explores the opportunities ahead for real health care reform.

State Senator Patrick Colbeck steps into the Doctor's Lounge to tell the story of codifying Direct Primary Care into law in Michigan.

Host Michael Koriwchak, M.D., speaks to the health IT you've never seen but always dreamed of with DPC (Direct Primary Care) and created with no regulations stifling the technology. Imagine your EMR free to serve you and your patients.

Host Dr. Hal Scherz debriefs us on the conference and gives some behind the scenes insights into the training and mentoring that is giving birth to a model of medicine the resurrects the sanctity of the Doctor/Patient relationship.

Host Michael Koriwchak brings the best of his interviews with thought leaders at the State Policy Network Conference to the Doctor's Lounge. Brian Blasé, Forbes columnist and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and Michael Hamilton of the Heartland Institute both step into the Doctor's Lounge to cover a range of topics.

Topic: Upfront pricing and no third parties to interfere with your health care - all while driving down costs and improving medical outcomes Our President, Dr. Lee Gross steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss his own experience in this practice model and our organization's steps in promoting it throughout the country.

Vahan Kassabian, a practicing urologist with extensive work in academic medicine, steps into The Doctor's Lounge to discuss the study and the popular article in Wall Street Journal with show host, pediatric urologist Hal Scherz, MD.

Show Host Dr. Koriwchak takes the reins this week with a two part special show to address breaking news on topics he has been following closely for the Doctor's Lounge.

Radio host and colleague, Dr. Craig M. Wax steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the insurance industry and direct primary care. The ongoing failure of the State exchanges, insurance companies pulling out of Obamacare, and the continuing onslaught of regulation has opened the hearts & minds to opt out of the system through Direct Primary Care. Imagine making house calls again.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz as he discusses ObamaCare and the future of medicine in the U.S. in the future.

Long-time friend of D4PCF, Dr. Kris Held has been raising the alarm about population based medicine rising above the local physician's clinical judgement. Philosophy matters and Dr Held shares a compelling personal story in unpacking these principles

From our own Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation Advisory Board, Jennifer Schubert-Akin steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on the agenda for this year's conference.

Free market medicine is getting a boost from Mercatus Center Senior Fellow Robert Graboyes. He steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss his just published article arguing the future of health care is moving toward the free market and Uber is the model.

Grace-Marie Turner, member of the advisory board of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on her recent debate in Colorado regarding a State based single payer health care system.

As the elections approach, show host Hal Scherz, MD presents a special episode reviewing the history, examining the present, and unpacking the new Prescription from the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation. In part one, Scherz will review Hillary Clinton’s history on health care - particularly her leading role in the Health Security Act of 1993 (unofficially nicknamed "Hillarycare"

Twila Brase, RN steps into The Doctor's Lounge to explain her new project - a free trade zone for health care!

Daniel Carviotto, MD, one of multiple doctors appearing in the campaign, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to explain the motivation behind the video outreach to patients.

Dr. Marion Mass, board member of PWT (Physicians Working Together), steps into the Doctor's Lounge to explain their collaborative mission to engage doctors and patients across social media.

Grace-Marie Turner, President of the Galen Institute, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on Colorado Care and talk strategy.

The Man implementing MACRA fields the tough questions live on the air Andrew Slavitt, Acting Administrator of CMS and the "quarterback" for the implementation of MACRA, joins Dr. Koriwchak in the Doctor's Lounge for a groundbreaking interview.

Bob Moffit, Senior Fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Health Policy Studies steps into the Doctor's Lounge to unpack the impact of MACRA and how it threatens to further undermine the private practice of medicine in America.

Join Dr. Koriwchak as he calls out the shell game with respect to the most sweeping proposed federal regulations since Obamacare.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest Henry Fabian, MD, MBA of the Spine Center of Steamboat Springs in the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on the battle over ColoradoCare.

A $1.4 billion segment of GE Healthcare, Mark Segal, Vice President of the Government & Industry Affairs of GE Healthcare IT steps into the Doctor's Lounge with host Dr. Michael Koriwchak.

Dr. Hal Scherz’ guest was Becki Gray, the Vice President for Outreach at the John Locke Foundation. Dr. Scherz and Ms. Gray cover a number of timely topics concerning health care in North Carolina with the overarching theme of freedom.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest John Nothdurft, Director of Government Relations for The Heartland Institute, as he steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the goals in the partnership with Docs 4 Patient Care.

Beth Haynes, MD, Executive Director of the Benjamin Rush Institute, joins Dr. Michael Koriwchak in the Doctor's Lounge to respond to some of the problems identified and critique the solutions.

Dr. Richard Armstrong steps into the Doctor's Lounge to explain the value of our partnerships and the strategy for health care that is shaping up.

Host Michael Koriwchak updates you on the meeting between several physician groups and CMS to seek relief from EHR (Electronic Health Records) and meaningful use.

Join Dr. Mike Koriwchak as he discusses the growing impact that this social media revolution will have on the delivery of healthcare in America.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz as he discusses what healthcare solutions will look like under ObamaCare.

Join Dr. Koriwchak as he reviews the latest and greatest health information technology as it is unveiled at HIMSS 2016.

Dr. Richard Armstrong joins Dr. Scherz and Dr. Koriwchak, D4PC Foundation doctors in the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the top issues in healthcare.

Jim Bailey steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss his novel, The End of Healing with host Dr. Mike Koriwchak.

Sally Pipes steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss with Dr. Hal Scherz the top healthcare issues we will face in 2016.

Host Michael Koriwchak will update you on the manufactured interoperability crisis in health care IT.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and his guest Nina Owcharenko for the Heritage Foundation in a unique discussion our medical care today and the future.

The President of the CCHF (Citizen's Council for Health Freedom), Twila Brase, RN steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss breaking medical news.

Georgia State Senator Judson Hill steps into the Doctor's Lounge to talk about a bill he's re-introducing called the Flexible Choices Act. As more and more Americans are opting out of visiting the doctor for fear of high deductibles and unknown pricing of care, DPC is no longer falling on deaf ears.

Dr. Koriwchak kicks off the new year with a look at the influential ideas bubbling to the surface.