The Rojas Report
The Rojas Report with Dutch Rojas cuts through the noise in American healthcare.
From policy fights in Washington to the boardrooms of venture-backed startups, Dutch brings physicians, investors, and entrepreneurs into real conversations about money, power, and independence in medicine.
Expect sharp takes on healthcare policy, candid talks with startup founders, and even the occasional cigar-fueled debate about where the system is headed next.
If you care about the future of healthcare, and who really gets to shape it, this is your show.
Episodes
15 episodes
How Physicians Can Use Captives to Reduce Malpractice Costs and Build Real Enterprise Value
Physicians have no idea they can own their own insurance company—and stop bleeding cash into carriers who never return a dime. In this conversation, Collin Krickl breaks down how captives, self-funding, and enterprise-risk coverage can transfor...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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18:21
A Navy Physician Who Served With the Marines Breaks Down America’s Healthcare Crisis
Dr. James O’Leary served as a Navy physician assigned to the Marines and carried those lessons through an entire career in medicine. After retiring, he became a powerful voice on X, speaking openly about PBMs, Medicare Advantage, physician auto...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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43:17
Stop Waiting for Permission: Dr. Jahangir Asghar on Owning Your Career
In today’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Jahangir Asghar for one of the most honest conversations we’ve had on this show.We talk about the part of medicine nobody teaches you:how to build a real career, protect your autonomy...
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Episode 16
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27:51
Why Employers Are Funding the Entire Healthcare System. A Conversation with Dr. Deep
In this episode, Dutch Rojas talks with Dr. Sandeep “Dr. Deep” Palakodeti about the financial engine running American healthcare — and the part nobody sees.Academic health systems break even on Medicare. They lose money on Medicaid.<...
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Episode 15
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27:15
Stanford Health: The Nonprofit That Acts Like a Wall Street Empire
Why are your premiums so high?Because Stanford Health perfected a state-sponsored wealth extraction model — and did it while flying a nonprofit flag.In this 5-minute breakdown, Dutch Rojas walks through the numbers Stanford...
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Episode 14
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5:07
How Healthcare Lost Its Soul: A Conversation With Dr. Ali
In this episode of The Rojas Report, Dutch sits down with Dr. Ali, physician, technologist, designer, and fierce defender of physician autonomy, for one of the most unfiltered conversations you will ever hear about the real forces shaping Am...
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Episode 13
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1:04:40
Physicians Should Take Back Healthcare | Dr. Carlos Cárdenas on Building America’s Only Physician-Owned Level 1 Trauma Center
Dutch Rojas and Dr. Anthony DiGiorgio sit down with one of the most respected physician leaders in America, Dr. Carlos Cárdenas, President of PHA and Co-Founder of DHR Health, the only physician-owned Level 1 trauma center in the country...
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Episode 12
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21:13
Living to 150? Medicine 3.0, VO₂ Max, Sleep & the Velocity Health Model
Dr. Sandeep “Deep” Palakodeti joins Dutch Rojas to unpack Medicine 3.0, a first-principles, physician-led approach to prevention and longevity.They explore what it takes to live to 150:V...
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Episode 11
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27:15
The Hidden Law That Banned Physician Ownership: Section 6001 Exposed
Section 6001 of the Affordable Care Act quietly outlawed physician ownership of health systems. It was buried deep in the legislation, yet it changed everything about how medicine is practiced in America.Keywords: Section ...
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Episode 10
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18:07
Manhappiness, Moratoriums & “Bone-on-Bone” Reality: Dr. James McAtee on Building Physician Power
Why Listen: An orthopedic surgeon who built and sold a physician-owned surgical hospital explains, in plain language, how practices win on contracts, culture, and capital. If you’re serious about independence, this is your operatin...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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38:08
Hack the System: How MedReveal Is Cracking the Healthcare Price Transparency Code
🎯 Why ListenWhat if patients and doctors could finally see behind the curtain of healthcare pricing? In this episode, Dutch Rojas speaks with the founders of MedReveal—three brilliant student entrepreneurs solving one of the most ...
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Episode 4
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41:00
Pathological Honesty and Physician Advocacy: A Conversation with Dr. JP Kolcun
Why Listen? This episode dives into what drives the next generation of physicians to fight for their profession. Dutch Rojas sits down with neurosurgeon and podcast host Dr. JP Kolcun for a candid, funny, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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30:52
The Rojas Morning Rundown
While the government shuts down, America’s largest health agencies keep running on autopilot, funded not by Congress, but by user fees and hidden subsidies. In this solo briefing, Dutch Rojas dissects how the system continues...
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Episode 3
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5:18
The Godfather of Physician Media: Scott Becker on Twitter, Tech, and the Future of Care
Dutch Rojas – Founder, Rojas Media and Bliksem HealthGuest: Scott Becker – Founder, Becker’s Healthcare📌 Episode OverviewDutch and Scott go deep on what it means to lead conversation in an in...
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Episode 2
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25:46
The Women’s Health Wake-Up Call: Why Investors Can’t Afford to Ignore the Other 50%
🎯 Why ListenWomen are the Chief Medical Officers of their families—yet the healthcare system continues to overlook them. In this compelling episode, Dutch Rojas dives deep with Dr. Vipul Kella and Dr. Paul Slosar to unpack why wom...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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39:29