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.
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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.
You're surprised? I wouldn't have been surprised if Dr Phil was his pick.
This guy is worse
Yeah somehow dr.Phil would be the better pick, which is funny as hell to me.
This is a sex-positive fully automated future where we put the best and brightest in charge of things?
People will be wondering how these people can suddenly all afford private jets and pedo islands.