Season 8

This episode is from the FIRST TIME I EVER RECORDED, with my friend and audio engineer, Rob Goodknight, a non-medical but curious and inquisitive mind. We talk about some of the same issues I discussed with Dr. Beckman, but in a much more conversational and, at times somewhat crude, manner. I wante...

Here, we give some of our closing thoughts and present some generic, system-wide possible solutions to some of the aforementioned problems with our system, as well as some specific methods of fighting over-billing and under-coverage by insurance, to reduce the overall cost of medical bills. Stick a...

Here, we talk about several examples of over-treatment in our healthcare system. First, Taylor leads the discussion about how heart catheterizations are not necessarily good for everyone with a known blockage in one of their coronary arteries, and provides nuance about STABLE vs UNSTABLE PLAQUES, a...

Here, Taylor and I weave a historical tail of how the United States is trending towards Corporatization of Healthcare in a monopolized system. The old-timey private practice doctor providing quality care to his or her community is being replaced by large systems trying to provide cookie-cutter, one...

In this segment, we discuss the high cost of healthcare, both from a systems-perspective, as well as specific cases of patients, personal contacts, and our own medical bills. It's kind of crazy that we spend nearly twice as much per person on healthcare as THE NEXT HIGHEST HEALTHCARE SPENDING COUNT...

This episode starts out with a typical monologue intro rant about some of the Inherent Problems in U.S. Healthcare. Then, we transition into learning more about our guest, Dr. Taylor Beckman, DO, who will finish his residency training in June and start on a cardiology fellowship in July. We talk ab...

This is the teaser for the upcoming series on inherent problems in U.S. healthcare, where we'll talk about the absurd costs of our healthcare, the trend towards Corporatization of healthcare, and some other major pitfalls of the American medical system. My guest on this series is Dr. Taylor Beckman...