Trump names Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 19 November 2024 21:13 GMT


President-elect Donald Trump tapped Dr Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator. The physician, TV personality, and failed Pennsylvania Senate candidate is the latest addition to Trump’s list of controversial cabinet picks.

“I am very pleased to nominate Dr Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator,” Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon. “America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again.”

The 64-year-old will “work closely” with Robert F Kennedy Jr, who Trump nominated last week to serve as secretary of health and human services, “to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake,” the president-elect continued.

Trump listed Dr Oz’s pedigree, from his degrees to his daytime Emmys, writing: “I have known Dr. Oz for many years, and I am confident he will fight to ensure everyone in America receives the best possible Healthcare, so our Country can be Great and Healthy Again.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dr-oz-cabinet-pick-medicare-b2650090.html

[Prairie Gates]

1. "the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake"

Good gravy!

[badhair77]

25. You know trump didn't come up with that.

[ificandream]

2. A medical quack can make America healthy again.

Such low standards, Donald.

[Walleye]

3. It's getting so I just laugh harder every time I hear one of his appointments

[Lulu KC]

5. Laughing to keep from crying!

Sometimes both at the same time.

[Walleye]

7. Yep, it's about all I have left

[Lulu KC]

18. Was it Victor Frankl who talked about humor in the concentration camps?

I think it was. Jewish humor--not just for the Catskills. Sophisticated survivors know its profound power.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

51. I click on his nomination announcements...

...just to see how bad the given person is going to be at the job. So far, it's been pretty bad.

[BigmanPigman]

62. I thought I was the only one with that...

reaction. I'm glad I'm not alone. It is so ridiculous I feel like I'm watching a TV comedy show skit.

[Lulu KC]

4. WHAT NEXT????

I said that every day for four years. Now I'm saying it 10 times a day.

We know he'll top this one soon. Or should I say bottom?

[JohnSJ]

6. All incompetents and nuts.

[sop]

8. Please make it stop!

[livetohike]

9. Someone needs to make a cartoon series of this

ridiculous appointments. SNL needs to hire more people.

[DeeDeeNY]

10. I am now sick

[DiamondShark]

11. It official, the reality tv president hires the daytime tv doctor.

When can I get off this ride...

[Joinfortmill]

12. Oh, boy, guy's a kook, hang on tight.....

All those old f*cks who voted for Trump are in for a rough ride... And, unfortunately, so are we.

[yorkster]

15. It was a%#@holes of all ages...

[BoRaGard]

13. So many losers

[The Wizard]

14. Many were expecting him to name Dr. Mengele.

or Dr. Moreau.
my pick for AG is Draco.

[lonely bird]

30. Mengele, Oz

Tomato, tomahto.

Oz won’t be intentionally cruel. No, he will be stupidly cruel which can be worse.

[BonnieJW]

45. I think

Dr. Hannibal Lechter is going to be very unhappy.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Obviously, I am unwittingly under the influence of drugs, so I'm going home for the day.

I mean, how could that make sense?

First stop, Wegdorf's, to pick up some crudités.

[MayReasonRule]

17. Here's An Image Of His 'Order'... Might As Well Nominate Alex Jone's 'Supplement' Supplier Or Jones Himself

[Lulu KC]

20. You're not the president yet, dumbo

Get your personalized stationery fixed. "Former" and/or "President elect unless the United States is saved" are the correct words.

[tonekat]

57. He's sure not my President

An ignorant pretender to the throne, appointing incompetents to be in charge of the very agencies that are there to help the American People.

[Lulu KC]

58. Nope, never

Get out the quotation marks, "so-called president."

[uppityperson]

19. Is this The Onion???

[Lulu KC]

21. Every day, every headline, my mantra

I think I need a bumper sticker. The people who get it would get it, and the Maga people wouldn't know what it means so I'm probably safe from getting shot while driving.

[Javaman]

22. all of his picks point to one thing....

the orange asshole is about as deep and introspective as a puddle on a blazing hot day.

[underpants]

35. Can we call this "the TV cabinet" now?

[JoseBalow]

23. Sure, why not?

What's one more turd in the punch bowl at this point?

[SunSeeker]

24. I checked and nope, it's not The Onion!

[greatauntoftriplets]

26. Dr. Zhivago was a stronger candidate.

So what if he's a dead fictional character?

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Rick Scott wannabes are salivating

[Marthe48]

28. Cancel the show

and pull the plug on the tv. Enough already. I got rid of cable so I didn't have to watch a bunch of fake ass losers.

[underpants]

29. JFC

[CentralMass]

31. Another f"n conman

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. For a sec I wondered if this was The Onion

Maybe Oz and Bobby Brainworm can compare notes.

[Richard D]

33. Oh good Lord . . .

. . . I thought from the title that it was going to be satire.

I should have known better.

[markie]

49. there is no satire

left here in the U.S.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Dr. Oz is a quack

Link to tweet

BREAKING: Trump is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

Oz was rejected to serve as Pennsylvania's Senator, and he'd be even worse in this position.

Trump has turned his cabinet into a bad reality show.

[milestogo]

36. I did watch a show where he gave very clear instructions on how to wipe one's ass.

The importance of this cannot be underestimated.

[Marigold]

37. Dr. Oz is a big proponent of Medicare Advantage for all

And I just got my Medicare supplement plan G. JFC.

[endless summer]

38. Ye gods

Did the “illness industrial complex” cause the tangeloon to slur his words, drag his leg, and look like something my cat hacked up? Just asking, maybe the good Dr. can provide us with an answer.

[Shermann]

39. Free green coffee bean extract for all Medicare and Medicaid recipients!

Dr. Oz called it a “magic weight-loss cure for every body type.” However, the evidence supporting its effectiveness is limited and based on small studies.

[mwb970]

40. What job will he give to Mr. Pillow?

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, perhaps? Or maybe co-emperor?

[cstanleytech]

41. I predict a major economic collapse happening because of Trump just like in the Simpsons episode.

[hadEnuf]

42. These appointments are beyond the absurd and are literally becoming comical.

They are designed to screw things up and are certainly not meant to run anything competently.

Is anarchy the end game here?

[TNNurse]

43. In the words of Clair Fraser from "Outlander"

" Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ". For those not familiar she time travels from the end of WWII back to the late 1800s and back and forth a couple of times. You can imagine that Scotland in the mid 19th century is confused by adding "Roosevelt" to her epitet.

[zappaman]

44. Elect a fuckin clown

get a fuckin circus

[FakeNoose]

46. Pennsylvania rejected him, now the US is stuck with him

[BumRushDaShow]

47. I had to check to see if Fetterman would troll him but he decided to do a different tact

Link to tweet

U.S. Senator John Fetterman
@SenFettermanPA
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If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I’m voting for the dude.
Manu Raju
@mkraju
New — Just spoke to Sen. John Fetterman about his old rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, whom he defeated in a fierce 2022 Senate race.

On Oz’s nomination to head the health agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, Fetterman very much open to voting for his confirmation.

“I’m going to be very, very clear if Dr. Oz agrees to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I’m absolutely going to vote for the dude,” he told me. “That’s the most important thing for me. Our politics are obviously different, and we do have a history, but I don’t have any bitterness. I don’t hold anything against him. As long as he’s willing to protect and preserve Medicaid and Medicare, I’m voting for the dude.”

[MayReasonRule]

64. For Fucks Sakes... Perhaps There Might Be Further Clarification And Insight Other Folks In This Thread MIght Provide

The optics from here...
Are not good.

The optics from here appear to reveal fecklessness at first glance...

I don't want to be overly harsh...
I just really want to understand.

Thanks's y'all and happy Wednesday!

[BumRushDaShow]

65. He won as a "populist liberal" here in PA, taking Teabagger Toomey's seat

where political analyst gasbags have insisted on only assigning the use of "populist ideology" by candidates to "Republicans" and never to Democrats.

So I think he is operating from that standpoint and attempting to deal with all those voters who had voted for him and 45 but not for Casey.

We had 2 years of a very rare circumstance here in PA with 2 elected (D) Senators at the same time (we finally got a (D) - Harris Wofford for the first time since the late '60s, initially by appointment and then election, in the early 90s after John Heinz was killed in an aircraft accident). Probably 90% of the time since, it has always been "split" 1 (D) / 1 (R).

[MayReasonRule]

68. Thank You For Responding... It's Not Easy Being Blue...

Time will tell what he actually does.

Actions always speak louder than words.

[BumRushDaShow]

69. I think "actions" are the key with him

This upcoming couple years will be the test.

I was trying to find a chart (or graph) of his votes since he was sworn in Jan 2023 to date and am still looking, but some sites that list his votes for various pieces of legislation and/or resolutions, show that he is voting pretty consistently with (D)s for just about everything.

[MayReasonRule]

70. Right On... Thanks Again Y'all!! I Really Appreciate The Additional Insight...

We damn sure need reliable team players that understand the lay of the land and how to navigate it.

'Cause it's damn sure not easy being blue...

[RandiFan1290]

66. So, Oz just has to tell him what he wants to hear.

So naive.

[BumRushDaShow]

67. I think it's more that he will have "receipts"

for being "open" to provide to all those loons in this state who voted for him & 45 but not Casey, and then he can easily vote "no" (because we know the 45 administration wants huge cuts to what they derisively dub "entitlement programs" ).

We'll see!

[sakabatou]

48. Trump names Dr. Moreau as head of biological research

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. Remember during COVID when Dr. Oz said he's ok with 2-3% of children dying so they can open schools

Link to tweet

[Maggiemayhem]

52. Oz and his wife part own a tree cutting company that

Received the biggest fine in ICE history for hiring immigrants. It is all bullcrap.

[BumRushDaShow]

61. Asplundh

who operates here in the Philly and Philly metro area. I had posted this here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3278411

The Billionaire Family Behind Dr. Oz Is One Of The Wealthiest Clans In Pennsylvania

Matt Durot
Forbes Staff

Jun 4, 2022,12:01pm EDT
Updated Jun 4, 2022, 12:20pm EDT




After a close race, Oz just won the Republican primary for U.S. Senator in Pennsylvania. His ties to the state run through his wife Lisa’s ultra-wealthy family. Here is the definitive Forbes profile of the Asplundhs.

Trump-backed Dr. Mehmet Oz won the Republican primary in the Pennsylvania Senate race, after his opponent, the former CEO of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates Dave McCormick, conceded on Friday evening as a recount neared its completion. Oz is known nationally as the retired physician-turned-television-personality who became famous largely thanks to his ties to Oprah Winfrey. The talk show host regularly featured him as a guest on her Oprah show and she co-produced the Dr. Oz Show, which won 10 Daytime Emmys over a 12-year run that ended in early 2022, when he pulled out to focus on his political campaign.

He has made a fortune from TV—$9.3 million in pretax earnings last year alone, according to a government financial disclosure. He also raked in just under $1 million last year for speeches and appearances for the likes of Warner Bros. and the American Pistachio Growers Association, as well as from royalties for a medical device he patented with colleagues at Columbia University, where he was a professor of surgery.

But much of Oz’s fortune, not to mention his ties to Pennsylvania, come from a different source: His wife’s wealthy family. Her grandfather cofounded Asplundh Tree Expert with his two brothers in 1928. With $4.7 billion in revenue, Asplundh is now the 98th biggest private company in America and the fifth largest in Pennsylvania, with more than 33,000 employees. The 93-year-old company, which trims trees for electric utilities, municipalities and others, is run by the third generation of Asplundhs and owned by nearly 200 family members – who are collectively worth at least $3 billion.

That probably helps explain why the celebrity doctor was able to fund his campaign with $12.1 million of personal loans and another $1.7 million of contributions, the sort of money that most wouldn’t consider throwing away unless they knew they had an especially large stash as backup.

(snip)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/06/04/the-billionaire-family-behind-dr-oz-is-one-of-the-wealthiest-clans-in-pennsylvania/

PECO (local electric company) contracts to them to do trimming around the electric lines.

[Schlocko]

53. Why not Dr. Phil or Dr. Drew?

Just as qualified, and more entertaining.

[Freethinker65]

54. Raw organic crudities will cure everything!

[Aussie105]

55. Gonna need a bus!

The Clown Car is filling rapidly, gonna need a clown bus!

[Dem2theMax]

56. Flying Spaghetti Monster, take me now.

I saw the headline, and I sat here saying, 'please be The Onion, please be The Onion, please be The Onion.'

I can't take much more of this.

[LudwigPastorius]

59. Holy shit

Dr. Oprah and Brainworm Bobby in charge of the nation's health.

We are all going to die.

[bmichaelh]

60. Agency of Quackery

Since Trump will create new agencies, how about an Agency of Quackery

[Oopsie Daisy]

63. Quack! Quack! 🦆

[Jilly_in_VA]

71. We're fucked.