3w ago

Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid

www.theguardian.com

Summary

The Senate confirmed Dr. Mehmet Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in a 53-45 party-line vote.

Oz will oversee healthcare for over half the U.S. population, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA programs, amid debates over Medicaid cuts.

He supports work requirements for Medicaid recipients.

He’s also embraced RFK Jr.‘s campaign to redesign the country’s food supply, reject vaccine mandates, and cast doubt on some long-established scientific research.

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3w ago

Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid

www.theguardian.com /us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid

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It's soul crushing at this point to see how effectively a bad actor can fuck up the US. A carnival barker is nominating arsonists and telling everyone the bonfire is going to be amazing and loved by all, and instead of giving consideration to what the fuel for the bonfire will be, the half of the Senate comprised of arsonists and pyromaniacs has decided the bonfire must be funded at all costs and should be the biggest bonfire ever.
I fucking hate this. Fuck fascists.
- It’s soul crushing at this point to see how effectively a bad actor can fuck up the US.
  I think it's gone underappreciated how much a government depends more on the quality of the people in power than the structure of government.
  
  Yup. We have the people that destroy 100 yr corporations for their personal profit in charge... It's gonna be great.....
  
  Especially by the nonfascist party with any power.
  Part of what makes the Dem leadership so damn inept at protecting the people from the abuses of the GOP is their reverence for the "sanctity" of the systems and processes making them accept unacceptable outcomes.
  For all the awful things that they do (which is pretty much everything they ever do), the GOP are right about one thing: in politics, getting the desired results is more important than following procedure.
  That they're being so hamfisted about it that they're causing a shitload of unintended harm and that their goals are themselves extremely harmful to the vast majority of the people means that they're still not right to do it though, of course..
- Bruh it's not a bad actor, this couldn't have been done if our politicians weren't so greedy, and actually gave a damn about the American people.
- As a fire performer in the circus, please don't compare us to this trash heap. The circus is full of queer outcasts, and anyone in theater knows how much work is involved in a show.
- Russia is extremely happy about all of this.

They really went out of their way to appoint the worst possible person for each job.
- I finally realized why I get so triggered over this - I lived it personally with my ex-wife. I see right through the facade of lies and bullshit. And it's maddening that nobody else seems to understand it.
  
  Yeah he's got some serious abusive spouse energy going on at times with all the emotional whiplash. Beats the shit out of you and then "aww baby, come on, you know I love you" then beats you some more.
- A word we should all learn for the sake of brevity:
  Kakistocracy
- Only. The. Greatest.

- Has anybody checked to see if all the dolphins have left the planet yet?
- Ya’ll we’d love to help but we can’t put that energy into someone who doesn’t to help themselves. If ya’ll had taken any of the numerous paths away from this in the past two decades then sure, maybe, but sorry this one is on you.
  Good luck and all but we’re gunna be over here trying to make sure we’re protected from the meltdown the US is so determined to have.

Fucking Christ. This timeline gets stupider and stupider.

Going to have The Kardashians run the Department of Energy.
- Nah, they'll get Department of Water, or something like that.
  So they can excuse themselves for sucking California dry, then bitching about the fires.
  
  Department of Brawndo
- No shit, Kim K would be an improvement over 99% of the current pics.
  
  At least it would be fun to get fucked by her
- and Shia Lebeouf for ambassador to the UN. Pee Wee Herman for chairman of the joint chiefs. Gal Gadot for secretary of interior. What we really need is Steven Segal back. Maybe trump can ask his daddy for that. I imagine Putin is ready to toss him by now.

What a joke. Embarrassing.

Thanks Oprah for platforming this fucker, along with Phil and John of God.
- Let's be honest, it was just going to be some other fucknut if not him

Oh, yay! I can't wait for my coverage to include dietary supplements. If I'm lucky, maybe I'll even get to keep coverage for something I actually need to live.
- Maybe it’ll cover crudités.

Great now I’ve got both Fetterman AND Oz in my damn government
- He at least managed to not vote for a Republican nominee for once. Maybe some small part of his pre-stroke brain is able to recognize at least one Republican he thinks is not fit for greater power. All it took was the Republican being the actual guy he built his career through opposing.

The onion should be suing for copyright and friends. Because only a ridiculous satirical publication could come up with this crazy crap.

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
- With the way Trump's stirring up trouble, we may not have to for very much longer.
- At this rate, you won't be for long.

The only way this works for the republicans is if we never have any elections again. Looks like they are planning to gut social security and medicare. So they are absolutely gearing up for no future votes.
- It’s been like the most obvious thing that has ever been that they WILL fuck with elections. The ONLY way we have a chance is their incompetence at rigging the system.

If we get out of this maga morons need to be held accountable

Remember folks, drink your own urine!

I'm waiting for Trump to put Andrew Tate in charge of promoting women's rights.
Fuck the kakistocracy.

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