The Doctor's Lounge

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The Doctor's Lounge episodes

  • 09/17/20 Horror Stories
    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.
    59 min
  • 09/10/20 Truth Detector
    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.
    1 hr
  • 09/03/20 Evaluating the Government Wide COVID Response
    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.
    59 min
  • 08/27/20 Biden's Impact on Health Care
    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.
    59 min
  • 08/20/20 Diving in to the Deep End of the Pool
    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
    1 hr
  • 08/13/20 Raising Cain - A Tribute - Herman Cain in Memorium
    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.
    1 hr
  • 08/06/20 The Front Lines Get Messy
    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.
    59 min
  • 07/23/20 Hoaxes Abound
    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.
    59 min
  • 07/16/20 Its Like an Alternate Reality
    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".
    57 min
  • 07/09/20 COVID-19: Gov. Vs Free Market Response
    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.
    59 min

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Dr. Hal ScherzHal C. Scherz MD has been practicing pediatric urology for 23 years. He has been in private practice in San Diego, California and in Atlanta, Georgia and has been on the faculty of the University of California- San Diego and Emory University. He has been involved in resident and fellow training for all of his career, and has published over 75 peer reviewed articles and contributed chapters to 6 academic texts. He has been a reviewer for over 20 years for the major peer reviewed journals in Urology, has been a primary investigator in numerous clinical research projects and been invited to be a visiting professor in a number of institutions. Dr. Scherz is a former president of the American Association of Pediatric Urologists.Dr. Scherz has been the chief of Pediatric Urology and Managing Partner of Georgia Pediatric Urology since 1994. He has served on the boards of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Ambulatory Surgery Center, The Children's Helthcare Network, and Georgia Pediatric Subspecialists. He currently is involved in the exploratory committee to organize a city wide Pediatric ACO in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Scherz has been the Medicaid reviewer for Pediatric Urology since 1996. He has been named as one of the top physicians by Atlanta Magazine, every year since 2005. In May of 2009, Dr. Scherz founded the physician group, Docs 4 Patient Care, which has subsequently become one of the most prominent physician groups in championing sensible healthcare reform. He was a featured speaker on a healthcare panel at CPAC in 2010. He has had 2 Wall Street Journal opinion pieces published in 2010 and others featured in Real Clear Politics and other online publications. He has appeared on over 50 nationally syndicated radio shows and on Fox News shows.