Adrian Segar<p>It feels surreal to receive an official Medicare.gov email today from Dr. Oz, the new CMS administrator, who:</p><p>• says hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a><br>• earned $50 million for endorsing an MLM dietary supplement pyramid scheme<br>• says rising CO₂ "is not the problem" causing climate change, and<br>• wants the Affordable Care Act repealed.</p><p>Receipts: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Oz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a></p>