What the fuck are we doing here. Seriously.
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It's a fucking circus...
All the clowns are here.
The dismantling of the public sector through privatization for profit. Like Argentina but with more racism.
when you're more racist than Argentina…
Yes, I believe this is Musks main purpose.
Hehehe let's do Tiger King for Dept. of Transportation next... /Beavis
You just reminded me of something that was very funny at the time
https://apnews.com/article/no-trump-pardon-tiger-king-joe-exotic-77df2360159f247b81a293ae1a15ee25
Limo and hair/makeup team waiting, but no freedom for the Tiger King.
Well you didn’t hold your politicians accountable for decades (if ever), so here you are. A joke of a leadership for a joke an electorate.
Welcome to every day for at least 4 years
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Every time you think you're in the Bad Place you realize you're in the Worse Place
Oz has been a major supporter of Medicare Advantage, the program’s private sector alternative that has grown in popularity but has come under intense scrutiny for care denials and alleged overbilling.
Found the grift
Holy forking shirtballs!
Anakin Skywalker for secretary of younglings next?
Hannibal lecter for the food and drug administration
I hope you don’t mean all the kids separated from their parents.
Obligatory FUCK OPRAH WINFREY.
Can someone point me to the comment yesterday someone said "trump picks dr oz to be surgeon general" or whatever it was? I need lotto numbers
That was me and I fucking hate it.
FWIW, I’m holding a huge amount of cash in my portfolio, waiting for trump to fuck shit up.
As the saying goes...
You elect a clown... you get horrible nightmares then get dragged down into a sewer to live forever and ever and ever....
🥺 🤡🎈
Or something like that.
I'd prefer Pennywise - at least it'd be over more quickly.
Okay, now you're truly fucked.
checks sub name
...sigh
Please be The Onion, please be The Onion...
Dammit.
This is a fucking clown show.
So what the hell does CMS stand for? Shouldn't the article mention that?
It's detailed in the last line, but CMS is Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
As CMS Administrator, Oz would oversee a broad agency that provides coverage through Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to more than 160 million people.
Ok, I know he's full of crackpot shit.
But what does Mehmet(lol) Oz think of Medicare and Medicaid? What is his stance?
I get he's going to push crazy tabloid products on seniors, but... the actual, coverage part. Got a mom.
He's promoted unproven medical treatments for personal gain, opposed the Affordable Care Act, and supports the expansion of advantage plans aka privatized/subsidized medicare. Pretty mainline republican, but all this likely means more money out of your mom's pocket for care.
Oh, I don't doubt that. We've been lucky enough that most of her issues are pretty mainline common stuff and she has nothing exotic going on. Just diabetic and old. No miracles cures there.
I feel for people with more complicated healthcare needs, who are in a position where one little law change could wreck their entire insurance plan, like people with home health needs or dialysis, or cancer treatment.
OH COME ON
"What do we have for him today, Johnny!?"
"It's,...
The Worst Outcome Imaginable!
again!?
I hate this new season of the Apprentice: Washington, D.C.
You have got to be shitting me.
Turning America’s government into Richard Dawson, host of Running Man.
Damn, I was really rooting for either Doctor Rockso (the rock and roll clown) or Dr. Suess.
I guess Dr Seuss isn't available
I'm not saying he wasn't without his problems, but Theodor Geisel was anti-fascist. I think that rules him out as a possible Trump appointment.
!notheonion@lemmy.world
Even Reddit's /r/conservative was trashing this one. Trump may have actually managed to have gone too far.
A content management system admin? Painful.
He only picked him because he found out Gregory House didnt sexually harass real patients and coworkers. Had to go back to chopping block and find something else. So he found someone will allegations of performing experiments on live puppies, pigs, and such. Don't worry, they were just injecting them to cause cardiovascular issues to see what would happen during their studies.
Just be out Dr. Thunder, Dr. Seuss, and WebMD.