Host Mike Koriwchak, M.D. tackles the latest news in this episode of Doctor's Lounge. Expect updates on the plight of Charlie Gard, an 11 month old UK baby with infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). The UK NHS (socialized medicine) denied Charlie experimental treatment outside the country at the parent's expense. The NHS revisited in light of the public outcry and a USA pediatrician has traveled England to evaluate the case. The Senate debacle on health care reform is still unfolding and Dr. Mike will analyze the latest turn of events.

Jim Manley, senior attorney of the Goldwater Institute, is leading the fight in court to declare CON laws unconstitutional and steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on oral arguments made on June 26 at the Georgia Supreme Court.

Part One - Single Payor Morality

Social media has been on fire with the story of Charlie Gard, an 11 month old UK baby with infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). President Trump and the Pope offered support for free experimental nucleoside therapy in the face of the socialized British NHS deciding to pull life support. Dr. Koriwchak does analysis and connects the dots to the philosophical debate laid bare in the Cruz/Sanders CNN debate he attended several months ago.

Join Dr. Hal Scherz and D4PCF National Board Member Ori Hampel, M.D. steps into the Doctor's Lounge to discuss the back story of the legislation, the process to passage, and give some insight to expanding the reform to other States on Maintenance of Certification.

Leaders from across the nation (one as far as Alaska) descended on Washington D.C. to discuss one of the biggest, yet unknown cost drivers and inhibitors of care - Certificate of Need (CON) Laws

Matthew D. Mitchell, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Project for the Study of American Capitalism at the Mercatus Center steps into the Doctor's Lounge to brief us on the impact and results of Certificate of Need Laws throughout the many states

Join Dr. Korwichak as he tackles breaking news as the Department of Health and Human Services levies a $155 million fine on eClinicalWorks for failures in their EMR products.

Our upward trajectory accelerates with the addition of Sally Pipes to the Advisory Board of the Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation.

Pipes, President and CEO of the Pacific Research Foundation, steps into the Doctor's Lounge to inaugurate her joining the board and discuss the state of health care today.

Join host Dr. Hal Scherz, M.D. and his guest Mr. Wayne Oliver Executive Director of Patients for Fair Compensation and they discuss a new proposal that could eliminate the need for malpractice suits. Interesting show, listen and learn!

Host Dr. Michael Koriwchak, our Health IT specialist and author of our white paper on Electronic Medical Records, Surprises the audience this week. Titled, "How Health IT destroys doctor to patient and doctor to doctor communication", this show tackles the downside of integrating technology in the delivery of care to patients.