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.
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
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!
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.
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.
You know… Come on, Russia. Send those bombs and let’s wrap this up.
Why would they bomb their own country?
If y’all are going back to the Victorian era, why not bring back poisoning?
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.
Oh good, a guy who uses the word “magic” too many times for medicine is gonna do great…
Holy fuck.
I like The Onion as much as the next guy but I don’t think it’s appropriate here
I hate that I’m wondering if I’m eating the onion every time one of these clowns is announced.
Was Jerry Springer already booked?
Springer was a lawyer and mayor, at least he’d bring some qualifications.
He’s quite dead, so he would likely cause less harm than Oz will.
Thanks Oprah
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.
