BRI student host, Rufus Sweeney, and private practice psychiatrist, Dr. Brian Dixon, discuss the journey that many doctors take to shape how they treat patients in their specialization, delving into the process that physicians can take to learn business concepts and create autonomy for themselves in the healthcare system.

BRI student host, Rufus Sweeney, and Dr. G. Keith Smith, cofounder of the Oklahoma Surgery Center, discuss the benefits of free enterprise in the practice of medicine and how practice models such as Direct Primary and Direct Speciality Care are the answer to reforming our broken healthcare system.

Dr. Gilbert Berdine, Associate Professor of Internal & Pulmonary Medicine at Texas Tech Health Science Center and Faculty Affiliate with the Free Market Institute.  This episode traces his interesting and informative journey from studying engineering at MIT to practicing pulmonology and Austrian economics at Texas Tech.

Dr. Christy Ford Chapin is Associate Professor of twentieth-century U.S. political, business, and economic history as well as capitalism studies at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Chapin has published articles in the Journal of Policy History, Studies in American Political Development, and the Business History Review. Her book, Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System (Cambridge University Press, 2015) won the 2016 Ralph Gomory Prize from the Business History Conference.  In this episode, we talk about the history of health insurance in the United States: from its inception in a smoky room in 1940s Chicago to its evolution into its most recent instantiation, the ACA ("Obamacare").

Gayle Brekke explores the proper role of insurance companies and how DPC can challenge the status-quo of US healthcare.   Society of Actuaries DPC study: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2020/direct-primary-care-eval-model/

Leah Houston, MD says a hospital stole her identity. To prevent this from happening to other physicians Dr Houston wants utilize block chain technology to create a self-soverign digitial identity for doctors. HPEC website: www.hpec.io Twitter: @LeahHoustonMD & @HPECid

Zak grew up on a farm in New Zealand and from a young age dreamed of going to Silicon Valley. He made his dream come true and is the CEO of Hint in San Francisco. Hint (which stands for Health Intelligence) works with doctors that want to remove 3rd party payers from their practice. https://www.hint.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakholdsworth

James Price is a 4th year medical student who fought to end Step 2 Clinical Skills. In its current state James believes Step 2 CS' cost outweighs the benefit. James also tells us about his experience testifying about DPC before the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Naomi Lopez Bauman is the Director of Healthcare Policy at the Goldwater Institute. Naomi joins NexGenMed to share why she believes DPC could become a vital part of US healthcare and her thoughts on prescription drug costs and possible solutions. goldwaterinstitute.org @LopezBauman

Rafael Fonseca, MD is a consultant in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Mayo clinic in Arizona and a visiting healthcare fellow at Goldwater Institute. Dr. Fonseca discusses the fiduciary responsibility of the physician to the patient.