Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Trump plans to nominate Oz, who has been criticized for promoting misleading and false claims about health and science, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Summary
Dr. Mehmet Oz, TV personality and former Senate candidate, has been nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees health coverage for over 160 million Americans.
Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and former host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” has faced criticism for promoting unproven medical treatments, including hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19.
The nomination comes amid contentious Medicare drug price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, which are being challenged by pharmaceutical companies.
The role requires Senate confirmation.
Make America a joke again
Oh my fucking God I cannot take this fucking clown show anymore.
Oz has been a major supporter of Medicare Advantage, the program’s private sector alternative that has grown in popularity but has come under intense scrutiny for care denials and alleged overbilling.
In case you didn't RTFA: This is the grift
Trump and his cronies want to privatize the world. That’s the end goal. Gut all government agencies and sell them off to Elon or some private equity firm. If you want to live in the future they’re building it’s gonna be pay to play. You want healthcare, pay for it. You want education, pay for it. You want oxygen, pay for it!
….and 76 million people voted for it. 76 million people have fucked over 260 million people all cause they drank the orange kool-aid.
Trump's motto: Always Be Grifting
Make America Grift Always
From ChatGPT; I know it is lazy!
Here’s a parody of "White and Nerdy" called "Shady and Shifty", written to the tune of Weird Al's classic: "Shady and Shifty"
(To the tune of “White and Nerdy”)
(Intro)
They see me lyin’
My schemes are thriving
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Look at me so shady and shifty(Verse 1)
First-class cons, yeah, that’s my mission
Got a fake ID and a forged prescription
Emails phishing, crypto missing
“Too good to be true” is my ammunitionI’m a smooth talker, spin a great tale
Sell you beachfront property up for sale
NFTs, pyramid schemes
Get rich quick, yeah, that’s the dreamI scammed your grandma, took her savings
Promises golden, but I’m just faking
Drop a fake link, then I’ll ghost ya
Too slick, I’m like a grifting virtuosaDeceiving’s an art, and I’m Picasso
Write a fake check with a lotta zeroes
Skim the top like I’m making cream
Run my hustle, living the dream(Chorus)
They see me lyin’
My schemes are thriving
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Look at me so shady and shifty(Verse 2)
Social engineering, it’s all a game
Switch the card, redirect the blame
Wire fraud? Yeah, I’m the best
Fake charity with a suit and vestHiding in plain sight, charming and clever
Take what’s yours and make it mine forever
Ponzi pro, I stack the dough
Vanished offshore before you knowI sell snake oil like it’s pure gold
Convince you quick, no time to fold
Stock tips, insider flips
I’m cashing out, you're sinking shipsMy scams go viral, my lies are fire
Got you clicking links like an eager buyer
From fake raffle prizes to bonus gifts
I’m the king of con, my grift’s legit(Chorus)
They see me lyin’
My schemes are thriving
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Look at me so shady and shifty(Bridge)
I know I’m shady, the law don’t faze me
I’ll find new marks if the game gets hazy
Dodging subpoenas, escaping fines
Makin’ my fortune while spinning liesNo morals here, it’s all survival
I’m on the move like I’m going viral
From cons to scams, it’s my domain
Shifty forever, just call me insane(Outro)
They see me lyin’
My schemes are thriving
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Tryna catch me shady and shifty
Look at me so shady and shiftyspoiler
Oh boy, I can't wait to not be able to afford my medication for my autoimmune disease and die by vomiting blood until I exsanguinate! Thanks abstainers!
It's OK, if RFK Jr goes ahead and eliminates vaccines and infectious disease research, as he has stated he will, it's likely something else will kill us first.
Hey! Cause of death can’t be of a disease if they can’t test for it taps temple
"Cause of death: Act of God"
Have you tried not having a pre-existing condition?
They’ll say this is a feature not a bug.
Haha, oh wow. You guys over there really are fucked.
What in the fuck! One of biggest medical grifters in medicine is going to be in charge of billions of dollars of federal money? I really hope we lose everything this is Idiocracy 2.0.
At least in Idiocracy the President selected the smartest person to do the work.
People will be wondering how these people can suddenly all afford private jets and pedo islands.
This is a sex-positive fully automated future where we put the best and brightest in charge of things?
We did it... We taught those Democrats a lesson... Yay...
Don’t worry, a majority of voters will think the impending enshittification is all the Democrats fault by the time the next (if any) election comes along.
I hate this country so much.
There was a lesson, but it hasn't been taught yet. This is just the trailer of the film, coming in January. Title: "Oh no."
You know.... Come on, Russia. Send those bombs and let's wrap this up.
Why would they bomb their own country?
Thanks, Oprah.
Yep.
Dr Phil Dr Oz Jenny McCarthy
She sure knows how to pick 'em.
You might enjoy the podcast Maintenance Phase if you don't already know it. They have a Dr Oz episode and Oprah has a few of her own too.
Giving it a spin right now.
Trump knows he lost in 2020, and he hates America for it. That's why we're getting TV show people and child rapists.
Trump wants like minded people in his team!
Trump wants to cause as much damage as possible because he's a traitor
Holy fuck.
Is he just picking people he sees on TV?
I read the explanation that Trump doesn't read but watches the telly and he is not building a cabinet but a cast. Bigger, louder and more exposure is better. Then it sort of makes sense.
How big of a fit do you think he threw when he was told he couldn't nominate Hannibal Lecter for anything because you can't be fictional and run a government department?
Well, I mean Trump is a former reality TV star so birds of a feather and all.
This is what happens when you suggest jokes to GOP. They listen :facepalm:
Oh good, a guy who uses the word "magic" too many times for medicine is gonna do great...
Let's hope he drops the TV persona.
One, surgeons were already the dumb jocks of the medical community, relatively speaking. I know he's got some legitimately brilliant feathers in his cap, but that brings us to...
Two, other than techbros, MD's are maybe the worst offenders in the category of "I'm smart about some things, therefore I can easily intuit my way to mastery of all things, I have no blind spots, and my prejudices are simply common sense."
Three, the man has been in a fame bubble for twenty plus years now.
If y'all are going back to the Victorian era, why not bring back poisoning?
Lmao do you think we've stopped, look at flint.
I like The Onion as much as the next guy but I don't think it's appropriate here
Why not get Dr.fucking Phil to be head of all mental facilities and everything mental. So he can push more people to suicide because he has nothing worthwhile to add or say to help people. Just go fucking full circle.
Ol' Phil may have a tiny vestigial conscience, and I do mean tiny, but it still may be disqualifying for this administration.
Thanks Oprah
Was Jerry Springer already booked?
He's quite dead, so he would likely cause less harm than Oz will.
Springer was a lawyer and mayor, at least he'd bring some qualifications.
Ha ha ha. Yet another con man on the team!
Fuck
The Lizard of Oz
Another Q uack in the cabinet
We’re going to have so many years of unwinding all of the terrible changes that are coming our way. If we ever have the chance to unwind them.
What people have get to realize is when you say years, most people have no idea of how many years.
We are looking at 40 years before this is fixed.
There is still stuff Reagan did that isn't fixed. Some of the damage is going to be permanent or at least beyond our lifetimes.