# Dan Choi

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

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Duke political economist and podcast host Mike Munger (The Answer is Transaction Costs) joins Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka to argue that what Americans call "health insurance" isn't insurance at all — it's a social program where, as Bastiat put it, everyone trie…

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 questions about evidence, incentives, and trust in medicine. The discussion focuses on how regulatory agencies actually function, why public …

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 moved from medicine into public service, why practi…

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 policy. The conversation moves from hospi…

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 wide-ranging conversation on the erosion …

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

Send us Fan Mail 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, and why Medicare’s fiscal path matters beyond poli…

From Addiction to Advocacy: Tom Wolf's Journey

Send us Fan Mail Summary In this episode, Anthony DiGiorgio and Anish Koka engage with Tom Wolf, a recovery advocate, who shares his personal journey through addiction, homelessness, and eventual recovery. The conversation delves into the complexities of homelessness, the impact of substance use, a…

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

Send us Fan Mail Episode Summary Dr. Mollie James joins Anish Koka, MD and Anthony DiGiorgio to talk about what pushed her out of traditional employment, how she rebuilt her practice after bankruptcy and COVID, and why she believes more physicians need independent options. The conversation focuses …

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

Send us Fan Mail Episode SummaryThis episode examines why US healthcare keeps rewarding consolidation, even when it raises costs and makes the system harder to navigate. Andrew Tsang, writer of Health is Other People, brings a cross-industry view from consulting, policy, providers, and payers to ex…

October 19, 2026: When the Military Stopped Asking

A federal judge's ruling forced the largest employer in America to change a policy it had defended for seventeen years, and someone walked through the door before the day was over to test it. On October 19, 2010, the Pentagon publicly confirmed that military recruiters had been instructed to accept…