Patrick Wagner, MD – California Globe

Governor Newsom and the Mockery of Informed Consent

July 24, 2025 2:53 amJuly 24, 2025 2:54 am

About a week or two ago, Governor Gavin Newsom headed out of California politics and did a podcast about how he sees the future of the USA. He didn’t take his California politics with him, but rather “got down” with...

Making Physicians Care Again

July 6, 2025 2:45 amJuly 6, 2025 2:46 am

When we make physicians care again, we will make medicine great again. You can “take that fact to the bank.” Do you want great medicine? Let us explore how to achieve that goal. The spirits and energy of doctors have...

Medi-Cal and Its Deleterious Impact in California Medical Care: The Effect

May 19, 2025 2:57 pmMay 19, 2025 2:58 pm

The California Globe first ran this article by Patrick Wagner, MD, March 27, 2024. Everything Dr. Wagner reported has or is coming to fruition. So we are re-publishing it. The effect of Newsom’s harsh Medi-Cal government run healthcare throughout California...

Medicare and a Nation of Fools

April 17, 2025 2:08 pmApril 17, 2025 2:08 pm

Medicare is a big fat scam, and it always has been. It’s an adjunct of Social Security, itself a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “an investment swindle in which some early investors are paid...

The Stifled Doctor and Freedom of Medical Enterprise

March 1, 2025 9:00 amMarch 1, 2025 9:20 am

When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window. — ...

The Standard of Care in Medicine

February 13, 2025 4:09 pmFebruary 13, 2025 4:09 pm

Proverbs 22:16 He who gains by oppressing the poor or by bribing the rich shall end in poverty. Back when I was a surgeon in practice, physicians assessed their own independent performance and compared it to the “standard of care...

Is Healthcare a Human Right?

February 5, 2025 3:00 pmFebruary 5, 2025 3:01 pm

Is Healthcare a Human Right? My answer, having been a general surgeon for 45 years is hell no! My healthcare is a personal obligation, and I am 100% responsible for how I take care of myself. And that is your...