Most people believe they have a doctor.

But the truth is… most don’t.

What they really have is a system. A system where doctors are rushed, appointments are short, and decisions are often controlled by insurance companies instead of the people sitting in the exam room.

I see this problem every day.

In this episode, I talk about a different model of medicine that quietly puts the relationship between doctor and patient back where it belongs. It changes how care is delivered, how doctors practice, and how patients experience healthcare.

But most people have never heard of it.

And once you understand how it works, you start to see why the current system feels so frustrating.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the modern healthcare system often prevents doctors from truly helping patients
• The surprising model of care that removes insurance from the middle of the doctor-patient relationship
• Why some doctors say this approach completely changed the way they practice medicine

If you’ve ever felt rushed, unheard, or stuck inside the healthcare system… this conversation may completely change how you think about medical care.

Learn more about William Steelman:

• Willam Steelman of Steelman Medical Group, steelmanmedicalgroup.com
• Direct Primary Care Alliance dpcalliance.org
• Best way to find Direct Primary Care Physicians: mapper.dpcfrontier.com

Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a model in which patients pay a monthly subscription fee to a physician for unliminted primary care. This doesn't involve insurane, but you can use your insurance for any follow up services needed.

When a hurricane knocked out one factory… hospitals across the country suddenly ran short on IV bags.

Surgeries were delayed.

Treatments were canceled.

And hospitals were scrambling.

But the real question is this:

Why was the entire healthcare system depending on one single plant?

In this episode, I break down a part of healthcare most people have never heard of — group purchasing organizations.

These middlemen control the flow of medical supplies into hospitals across the country. And the rules around them created a system where a few companies can quietly shape the entire medical supply chain.

Once you understand how this system works, a lot of the strange shortages in healthcare start to make more sense.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why one factory failure caused a nationwide shortage of IV bags
• The little-known organizations that control most hospital supply contracts
• How certain healthcare rules quietly changed the entire medical supply chain

Learn more about Dr. Marion Mass:

• https://free2care.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/report.pdf
• https://www.bucksindependence.com/author/marion-mass/

Chapters:

00:00 – The IV Bag Shortage That Shocked Hospitals

00:11 – How One Factory Disrupted the Entire System

02:05 – What Group Purchasing Organizations Actually Do

04:23 – Why Medical Shortages Keep Happening

06:01 – The Growing Problem With Drug Supply Chains

08:29 – The Conflict Built Into Medical Purchasing

11:13 – Why No One Is Looking at the Contracts

12:53 – The Hidden Costs Inside Hospital Supplies

14:58 – How One Company Controls Huge Parts of the Market

17:21 – The Rise of Hospital Care at Home

21:17 – Why Hospitals May Not Be Needed for Some Care

27:00 – The Direct Care Model Changing Healthcare

36:43 – How Electronic Records Changed Doctor Workflows

Most people blame doctors or insurance companies for the cost of healthcare.

But that’s not where most of the money actually goes.

In this episode, I break down the part of the healthcare system almost nobody talks about… hospitals.

Hospital care now makes up about a third of all healthcare spending in the United States. And over the past two decades, hospital prices have grown far faster than almost anything else in the economy.

So what’s really driving these costs?

We talk about price transparency, nonprofit hospital systems, government programs that quietly funnel billions into hospitals, and why the system keeps getting bigger and more expensive.

Once you see how the money actually moves through healthcare… you start to understand why costs keep rising.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why hospital prices have risen dramatically compared to other medical care
• The surprising reason many hospitals still hide their prices
• How certain healthcare programs quietly shift billions into hospital systems

Learn more about Dr. Marion Mass:

• https://free2care.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/report.pdf
• https://www.bucksindependence.com/author/marion-mass/

Chapters:

00:02 – Where the Money Is in Healthcare

00:10 – Why Hospital Costs Are Growing So Fast

02:34 – The Problem With Price Transparency

04:07 – Why Hospitals Resist Showing Prices

06:43 – The Truth About Nonprofit Hospitals

09:34 – Inside Hospital Executive Pay

12:42 – Government Programs Funding Hospitals

14:55 – How Hospital Consolidation Happens

18:00 – Why Hospitals Buy Physician Practices

21:27 – The 340B Drug Program Explained

27:34 – How Payment Systems Favor Hospitals

33:31 – Who Actually Represents Physicians and Patients

38:41 – Why Hospital Care Costs So Much More

43:48 – How Hospital Systems Became So Powerful