Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A million-dollar robot performing your surgery sounds like cutting-edge care.

The da Vinci surgical system costs hospitals millions of dollars. The consumable blades get replaced constantly. If that machine isn't removing prostates, it's losing money.

That's a built-in incentive structure that has nothing to do with what's best for you.

Watch this episode of Intellectual Medicine. Your body is not a revenue stream.

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