EP 25
Who Runs US Healthcare: Rogan, MAHA, Trump, Private Equity, or Agentic AI?
About this episode
After getting picked up by the New York Times, the docs dig into who really runs US healthcare: the explosion of private equity buying physician practices (from ~800 to 5,700+ acquisitions), insurance-company consolidation, and new physician-ownership laws like New York's S8422. They break down how agentic AI and ambient note-taking are cutting charting time and administrative bloat, why physician burnout is finally dropping, and Joe Rogan's text to Trump that fast-tracked an executive order on ibogaine and psychedelics for PTSD.
What we cover in this episode
- private equity buying up physician practices
- how corporate medicine changed doctor-patient care
- new laws requiring physician majority ownership
- what is agentic AI in healthcare
- ambient AI note-taking saving doctors hours
- physician burnout rates declining post-COVID
- why female physicians report higher burnout
- Joe Rogan texting Trump about ibogaine
- fast-tracking psychedelics for PTSD through the FDA
Your hosts
Dr. Humayun NaqviPreventive Cardiologist · West Houston Heart Center
Dr. Adil AhmedOrthopedic Surgeon · Baylor College of Medicine