On Thursday, Congress voted alongside get together strains to verify Dr. Mehmet Oz, the center surgeon turned ill-informed TV speak present host, making him the particular person accountable for the most important medical health insurance program within the nation.
And this appointment is perhaps dumber than WWE Celebrity Linda McMahon operating the Schooling Division.
I imply who may overlook Dr. Oz, who rose to fame on the again of Oprah Winfrey within the Nineteen Nineties, and the hogwash he stored spouting in the course of the coronavirus pandemic? It was Dr. Oz who stored pushing for People to take hydroxychloroquine after which we discovered later that the famed physician owned shares within the firm that makes hydroxychloroquine.
And that is the person who might be overseeing the insurance coverage protection of some 160 million individuals.
From Politico:
He can have oversight over how physicians are paid by Medicare, which frequently units a normal business insurers observe, and he’ll oversee greater than $1.5 trillion in federal spending throughout Medicare, Medicaid and the Reasonably priced Care Act’s insurance coverage exchanges.
Oz must navigate complicated regulatory points with fewer employees than his predecessors due to an enormous reorganization launched by HHS on Tuesday that noticed 10,000 individuals lose their jobs.
It stays unclear how many individuals are affected inside CMS. Initially the company introduced 300 individuals had been fired however the influence might be felt throughout quite a few authorities packages. As an example, HHS minimize employees on the Workplace of Minority Well being and closed 5 regional workplaces that assisted states and neighborhood teams with Medicare points.
However I’m positive Dr. Oz is aware of what he’s doing since he spent from 2009 by 2022 internet hosting a daytime tv present. And what does that need to do with Medicaid and Medicare you ask? Not a rattling factor however I’m attempting to be optimistic.
If this sham of a presidency and the fools he’s picked to damage crucial departments isn’t dangerous sufficient, all of this comes at a time when the Trump administration is satisfied that there are big quantities of waste, fraud and abuse throughout the healthcare system. We’ve seen how horribly that’s gone with the federal authorities.
I don’t know whether or not to snigger or cry at this level, however I need to remind you that the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers operates beneath the Division of Well being and Human Providers, which is led by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I can’t. It actually simply retains getting worse.
Dr. Oz left his speak present to strive his hand at politics operating for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania and promptly misplaced to Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Politico stories.
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 attempting 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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