8mo ago

Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

www.nbcnews.com

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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8mo ago

Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

www.nbcnews.com /politics/donald-trump/trump-picks-tv-personality-former-senate-candidate-mehmet-oz-run-medic-rcna180880

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8mo ago

Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

www.nbcnews.com /politics/donald-trump/trump-picks-tv-personality-former-senate-candidate-mehmet-oz-run-medic-rcna180880

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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!
- Make sure to aim at a Republican when you vom.
  
  It's pretty gruesome. Black and thick, like charcoal dust. I hope whatever fascist I die on is scarred for life.
  
  Better scream something at them right before:
  "Hail Satan"
  "My woke mind virus must spread"
  "I bathe thee in communist red"
  Y'know something along those lines
- Have you tried not having a pre-existing condition?
- They’ll say this is a feature not a bug.
- Yeah well, but you don't like them anyway, so it's a win for them!
  (Very sarcastic /s, because American healthcare is a bad joke and everybody deserves a good life).
  Edit:
  everybody deserves a good life
  Except those assholes. They can masturbate with a running blender.
- 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"
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's motto: Always Be Grifting
  
  Make America Grift Always
- 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.
- 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 ammunition
  I’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 dream
  I 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 virtuosa
  Deceiving’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 vest
  Hiding 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 know
  I 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 ships
  My 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 lies
  No 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 shifty
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.
- 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."
  
  There's no lesson to be learned. They will blame it on the Dems for not being attractive enough. They're still saying that about 2016.
- I hate this country so much.
Haha, oh wow. You guys over there really are fucked.
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
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
- 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.
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.
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 my fucking God I cannot take this fucking clown show anymore.
You know.... Come on, Russia. Send those bombs and let's wrap this up.
- Why would they bomb their own country?
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.
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.
I like The Onion as much as the next guy but I don't think it's appropriate here
Make America a joke again
Holy fuck.
Ha ha ha. Yet another con man on the team!
Thanks Oprah
I hate that I'm wondering if I'm eating the onion every time one of these clowns is announced.
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.
The Lizard of Oz
Another Q uack in the cabinet
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.
Fuck
This is what happens when you suggest jokes to GOP. They listen :facepalm:

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