The three horseman of the apocalypse are BACK!

We talk Marty’s new book, CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies, Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations, media health reporting biases, COVID and testing rules, Paxlovid efficacy, the media and lab leak theory, garbage research and health equity, lab leak vs. wet market, medical education is broken and what to do about it, why the med school curriculum is crap, how to fix medical conferences, why debate in medicine is now taboo, ABMS and medical board exam monopoly, culture of obedience in medicine, and more!

Here’s a sneak peek of Marty Makary’s new book BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health (now available for pre-order).

Topics & Timecodes:

00:00 Intro  

4:09 CVS as a PBM and the effect on independent community pharmacies

6:28 Marty’s new book

7:13 Biden’s medicare drug price negotiations

14:34 Media health reporting biases, churnalism

18:46 COVID and testing rules, Paxlovid efficacy

24:46 The media and lab leak theory garbage research and health equity

34:20 Lab leak vs. wet market

40:39 Medical education is broken and what to do about it

49:08 Fixing medical conferences, debate in medicine is now taboo

58:04 ABMS and medical board exam monopoly, culture of obedience in medicine