A new variant of influenza, dubbed the “super flu,” is going around. According to data from the CDC, hospitalizations for the flu have nearly doubled in just a week as cases surge. Tunyada Kongkapan / Getty Images So people, and especially doctors, are not very happy with the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and…
President Donald Trump’s favorite celebrity doctor is telling Medicaid recipients to get off their couch. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Trump-appointed administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Thursday suggested that low-income Americans enrolled in the program are bums who spend their hours watching TV. “An able-bodied person on Medicaid today watches about…
In an exclusive interview on Yahoo Finance’s Decoding Retirement podcast, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), discussed the financial and operational challenges facing the US healthcare system. Ultimately responsible for the healthcare of 66 million Medicare beneficiaries, 78 million people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health…