On Thursday, Congress voted alongside social gathering strains to verify Dr. Mehmet Oz, the guts surgeon turned ill-informed TV discuss present host, making him the individual accountable for the most important medical health insurance program within the nation.
And this appointment could be dumber than WWE Celebrity Linda McMahon operating the Training Division.
I imply who might overlook Dr. Oz, who rose to fame on the again of Oprah Winfrey within the Nineties, and the hogwash he stored spouting through the coronavirus pandemic? It was Dr. Oz who stored pushing for People to take hydroxychloroquine after which we realized later that the famed physician owned shares within the firm that makes hydroxychloroquine.
And that is the person who will likely be overseeing the insurance coverage protection of some 160 million folks.
From Politico:
He can have oversight over how physicians are paid by means of Medicare, which frequently units an ordinary industrial insurers observe, and he’ll oversee greater than $1.5 trillion in federal spending throughout Medicare, Medicaid and the Inexpensive Care Act’s insurance coverage exchanges.
Oz should navigate advanced regulatory points with fewer employees than his predecessors due to an enormous reorganization launched by HHS on Tuesday that noticed 10,000 folks lose their jobs.
It stays unclear how many individuals are affected inside CMS. Initially the company introduced 300 folks have been fired however the impression will likely be felt throughout quite a few authorities packages. As an example, HHS lower employees on the Workplace of Minority Well being and closed 5 regional workplaces that assisted states and group teams with Medicare points.
However I’m positive Dr. Oz is aware of what he’s doing since he spent from 2009 by means of 2022 internet hosting a daytime tv present. And what does that should do with Medicaid and Medicare you ask? Not a rattling factor however I’m making an attempt to be constructive.
If this sham of a presidency and the fools he’s picked to spoil vital departments isn’t unhealthy sufficient, all of this comes at a time when the Trump administration is satisfied that there are enormous quantities of waste, fraud and abuse inside the healthcare system. We’ve seen how horribly that’s gone with the federal authorities.
I don’t know whether or not to chuckle or cry at this level, however I need to remind you that the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies operates below the Division of Well being and Human Companies, which is led by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I can’t. It actually simply retains getting worse.
Dr. Oz left his discuss present to attempt his hand at politics operating for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania and promptly misplaced to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Politico experiences.
Now that Dr. Oz has been confirmed by a 53-45 vote, we will search for him to guide issues like Medicaid reform which Home Republicans have been desperately making an attempt to intestine. The Home GOP has ordered the Power and Commerce Committee, which has governance over Medicaid, to chop $880 billion, an not possible determine to succeed in with out cuts to Medicaid and Medicare.
Good factor we’ve acquired Dr. Oz to guard us.
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