Posted on 12/10/2024 8:29:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Mountebanks peddling miracle cures in the Old West would often pretend to be qualified doctors.
It is rare to come across mountebanks now, rarer still for qualified doctors to peddle miracle cures. But Dr. Mehmet Oz – a former cardiothoracic surgeon, famed purveyor of ‘medutainment’ on his T.V. show, and the man President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to administer Medicaid and Medicare – has been doing so unchecked.
On his show (that ran from 2009 to 2022) and on numerous other occasions, Dr. Oz has hyped dubious medical “miracles” and recommended cures that range from the anodyne, to the bizarre and dangerous.
Here’s a partial list: a bar of lavender soap in bed to relieve restless leg syndrome; green coffee bean extract and raspberry ketones for weight loss; red onions, endives, and sea bass to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer; a poop primer for self-assessing overall health; 200 orgasms annually to extend life expectancy by six years; selenium supplements to prevent cancer; colloidal silver for the common cold; and a supplement containing human chorionic gonadotropin (a placental hormone) for weight loss.
In fact, the AMA Journal of Ethics has called Dr. Oz “a dangerous rogue unfit for the office of America’s doctor,” earned by virtue of his show. In 2014, a Senate hearing on weight-loss scams chided him and told him to use his immense influence responsibly.
Yet, his dubious recommendations are not the only reason Dr. Oz is a questionable choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency that spends $2.6 trillion annually.
The following are of greater concern:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I see American Stinker is back.
Is it a Trump pick? Yes. Then they are perfect.
I would reject Oz for the role Trump wants to give him. Forget his medical views, he does not have the executive-managment backgroud for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid, which is mostly about administering a vast set of insurance coverage rules and processing correctly the zillions of transactions that those rules must be applied to.
Bloody hell ...
I think the guy is a jerk and a quack, and no friend of Oprah is a friend of mine ...
But I WILL NOT join the Boo-Birds pooping on President Trump’s selections for executive office. Unless the candidate is an axe-murderer or a traitor, Trump should get the executive team he wants.
If that guy is “America’s doctor” we are in a lot of trouble.
One thing I'll give the current team, I haven't seen one who's an experienced politician. For example, last time around I was excited about Trump picking Sessions as AG. Yes, Sessions was an experienced politician, but always on the right side of things. That is ... until .... he became AG. Him and other picks taught me to make my litmus test for cabinet picks to be ones who have little to no political experience.
I feel much the same way. He is the Chief Executive. He was voted in.
These people are tools for him to accomplish his goals. He should be able to hire and fire them as he sees fit.
There is that whole Constitutional "advice and consent" thing ... but that should be a fairly quick "is he qualified" and "is he a traitor" check, not the ridiculous circus that democRATs like Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy created.
So true.
The governmental battle in 2024 is significantly different than the prospective one that would have been fought in 2016...which did not get fought due to both Trumps picks and the forces arrayed against him.
I believe Trump has learned some lessons.
Yeah, Trump needs to rethink this one. More from the article:
Potential conflicts of interest will likely bias Dr. Oz’s decisions, for he has significant investments in healthcare and pharma companies, including the UnitedHealth Group, a critical CMS partner; in Amazon, which runs a Medicare-linked online pharmacy; and in Domino’s Pizzas, Pepsi, and U.S. Foods, makers of products linked to lifestyle diseases.
· Before he ran for Senate as a Republican candidate, Dr. Oz’s position on abortion, transgenderism, transitioning of children, and gun control were the opposite of what most Republicans and conservatives believe.
· Dr. Oz not only maintains Turkish citizenship – he voted in the 2018 Turkish elections, skipping a GOP primary in New Jersey – he is believed to be close to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has worked to destroy Kemalist secularism and restore fundamentalist Islam in Turkey since becoming president in 2014.
we need a manager in this position as well as doctors etc. We need some major positive change, not sure Oz is up to it.
Probably not, though for different reasons—and certainly better than his SG nominee (which is at least a lot more minor an appointment).
+1
Bloody hell. When Trump errs, he errs. I am a supporter but no choir boy. I call em as I see em.
There are much better choices.
When Trump errs he errs big.
We live in Upstate NY, have all our lives.
Between hubby and I we can count 8 serious medical mistakes made by our healthcare professionals over the years. Some of which could have been fatal.
A few of those mistakes other medical professionals caught. One hubby caught. The majority were caught by me.
Dammit, Jim, I’m a housewife, not a doctor.
Compared to the medical professionals in our neck of the woods, Dr. Oz looks pretty good to me.
There must be a better choice for Trump to approach.
RE: 200 orgasms annually to extend life expectancy by six years
Did Dr. Oz say that?
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