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Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Mehmet Oz, the quack television doctor who swindles his viewers out of their hard-earned cash for his bullshit weight-loss supplements, to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Yes, Trump wants Dr. Oz—whom voters resoundingly rejected in 2022 for a Pennsylvania Senate seat because they were repelled by his smarmy persona and fountain of lies—to be in charge of some of the largest and most critical programs the federal government runs.
If confirmed, Oz could work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—another unqualified quack whose dangerous ideas around vaccines, raw milk, and pharmaceuticals have scientists terrified for the future of America’s health. Trump nominated RFK Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services.
“America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a news release. “He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades. Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake.”
