2 thoughts on “Medical Oligarchy

  1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over criticism that millions of people could lose health coverage, saying those who would face new work requirements should “prove that you matter.”

    Oz made the comments during an interview Wednesday on Fox Business, arguing that when Medicaid was created in the 1960s lawmakers did not include work requirements because it “never dawned on anybody that able-bodied people who work would be on Medicaid.”

    Too bad he didn’t win the PA. senate seat.

    1. Fred, during the last 25 years, Medicaid has gone from a program available to a limited few who are very poor or disabled, that was associated with some level of stigma, to a program that insures people well into the middle class. There is no shame accepting its benefits. Huge numbers qualify and receive these benefits– and especially in North Carolina, children.

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