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In this raw, eye-opening conversation, Dr. John Nordt—a Miami based spine surgeon with decades in the Operating Room—pulls back the curtain on the dark incentives in modern medicine and healthcare. From RVUs and scrupulous billing practices to the overuse of MRIs and the rush to unnecessary procedures, Dr. Nordt explains how money, power, and morality can determine how a doctor treats a patient. This is not your typical “healthcare is broken” rant—it’s a surgeon’s unfiltered account of how good intentions collide with perverse incentives.
We go deep into the operating room — where skill meets uncertainty, and every decision leaves a mark. We question the rise in unnecessary procedures, the weight of expectations, and the ethics of care — then and now. What happens when pressure replaces purpose? When data and images define a life before a surgeon ever does?
This is the reality behind the scrubs — raw, human, and unapologetically real.
Because when those who know the truth speak up… we don’t just heal patients — we heal the system itself.