The U.S. Senate confirmed celebrity doctor and heart surgeon Mehmet Oz on Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The vote was 53-45.
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This is the jackass who wants ppl on Medicare and Medicaid to have a yearly healthcare “fair” to get treated 🙄 I hate him and everyone who voted to confirm him, so so much.
I blame Oprah for bringing him to national attention with his psuedo-medicine. A degree & letters in front of his name don't make him competent.
I am sorry for everyone who depends on Medicare/ Medicaid for what they will have to go through in the coming days.
No, in Idiocracy, at least you had a leader who recognized an inability to solve a problem and engaged someone who might. What we have is even worse. Idiots who are too stupid to realize they are stupid and too prideful to admit it even if they recognize it.
PBS News, you had room to say the vote was 53-47 ON PARTY LINES. In other words, only Senate Republicans voted to confirm self-serving fraud and charlatan Oz. All Democrats voted against him.
Freaking stupid republicans. This man sold questionable dietary supplements and right wing propaganda. He is not a doctor and is not qualified to lead the CMMS. Kiss your medicaid goodbye #MAGA since you use it the most. Trump appoints the most unquaified, incompetent people. #TheGOPHatesAmericans
Everyone needs to write and call these Republicans, let them know we are not wanting this bs they are implementing!
Democrats don’t have the numbers right now to stop this crap.
In this role, Oz will oversee the nation’s massive health care programs for senior citizens, low-income Americans and some people with disabilities, as well as the Children’s Health Insurance Program and the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces.
Oz rose to fame as host of “The Dr. Oz Show” on daytime television for 13 seasons. During Trump's first term, Oz was appointed to Trump's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. In 2022, Oz ran for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat and lost to Democrat John Fetterman.
Over his career, Oz has sometimes platformed questionable medical treatments not backed by science, such as using astrology as a source of information for health.
Oz was known for promoting weight loss supplements that lacked any evidence to support their use, Lev Facher of STAT News told PBS News’ Amna Nawaz last year.
I remember when he promoted eating Ketchup was good for your heart so eat a lot of it. Considering it is high in sugar & salt I decided then and there to take what he says with a grain of salt.
Come on PBS. Do better. He also wouldn’t say healthcare is a right. You are getting attacked by the regime regardless, so use real headlines. Stop toeing the line.
He was a practicing Cardiovascular Surgeon. His ego was huge but his skills were good. Now he is a disgrace to the profession and his ego is even bigger.
a project 2025 projectmaster, the 4 horsemen billionaires crew, and now the reality TV doctor his.name.alone makes you wanna ask "am I entering the Twilight zone" dodododo.
@pbsnews.org, honestly curious why you don't give credit where credit is due and post that the yes vote was entirely Republicans. Roll Call ran a headline about a "party line vote," but perhaps you don't want to call attention to the party breakdown of the vote? Be best.
Hey US healthcare workers, Canada would love to have you here. Lots of opportunity across the country. We are nice and we have a sane PM. Oh and poutine, good beer and loads of beautiful land. 🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦
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I am sorry for everyone who depends on Medicare/ Medicaid for what they will have to go through in the coming days.
Keep America’s most vulnerable in mind.
😡
Also, Oprah really sucks at giving terrible men a platform. Oprah sucks
53% of eligible voters just couldn't be freaking bothered in the '22 midterms.
Aren't we special?
Him?
WANNA BET???. JUST ASK HIS OTHER CRONIES!!
it’s enough to make ya sick. 🤮
Democrats don’t have the numbers right now to stop this crap.