Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall

At the meeting, Oz spoke a lot about his family’s history, his name, source of his name, and his educational background at Harvard and Pennsylvania University (including his football career).

Oz told CMS staff that they had their “patriotic duty” to take care of them as it would help reduce health care costs by quoting the cost of running Medicare and Medicaid across the country. (During his Senate Confirmation hearing On behalf of the CMS administrator, Oz also claimed that “being healthy is our patriotic duty,” the cost of medicare and Medicaid connects the personal practice to the overall reduction.)

Oz spoke for a long time during the meeting about obesity and CMS in the United States, not quoting any proof statistics. He said that addressing obesity was one of his top priorities. (Biden administration suggested that weight loss drugs cost me Medicare and Medicaid Cover, it is an initiative that The Trump administration has yet refused to expand. Oz has repeatedly criticized the promotion ”Miracle“Weight loss heal Dr. Oz Show.)

“I am not sure what we do here he knows,” a CMS employee says that this call was heard. “He was talking about nutrition and practice. What Medicare does it. We care about people in nursinghomes. We deal with the people we die.”

Asked how to brief her on complex policies, Oz told staff, You will see that I am not intentionally but intentionally foolish about many problemsThe Sources tell wired that it for OZ to say that he was not in personal or political inspiration, but it seemed focused on the events. Oz also claimed that the CMS agency needs to do better to address “fraud and waste”, two goals of Elon Kasturi and its so -called Government Skills Department can be noticed.

Oz Mahao also supported: Make America again heal, a HHS priority It was originally a basis for the 2024 presidential promotion of RFK Junior. At the CMS meeting, Oz said that all the great “curiosity”. (Kennedy, who has done the great champion, is also Repeatedly and dangerously Vaccin’s anti -opinion, physicians and staff have promoted.)

Oz said, “The agency is reinforced,” he claimed that he claimed that the CMS was excluded from work or excluded; Or even those who didn’t want to work on CMS before.

The idea of ​​bringing new guy to CMS, where hundreds of employees were recently dismissed as a part of HHS to decrease the Force (RIF)Were upset for those who were present at the meeting. “It was openly disrespectful to the CMS staff,” said a source. “We have incredible people here.”

Update 4/8/24 6:20 PM ET: This story has been updated to include a statement from a spokesperson of CMS.