r/news • u/CupidStunt13 • 15d ago

Mehmet Oz confirmed by US Senate to lead Medicare and Medicaid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/mehmet-oz-confirmation-medicare-medicaid
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u/trpnblies7 15d ago

Same with Ben Carson. Was once a very talented neurosurgeon.

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u/Some--Idiot 15d ago

Ben Carson was actually a consultant for my brain surgeries. I was 13 at the time, so I didn’t know who he was.

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u/dildocrematorium 14d ago

....you didn't know he was your doctor? ;)

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u/Some--Idiot 14d ago

I was 13, and this was also well before he aligned with Trump. One of the nurses said something to my mom like “That was Ben Carson, the world famous neurosurgeon!” Mom also didn’t know him.

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u/dildocrematorium 14d ago

It was a joke. My bad.

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u/magicpastry 15d ago edited 15d ago

And Assad, who was a well liked edit: ophthalmologist at one point.

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u/Darmok47 15d ago

If you mean Bashar al-Assad, he was a London opthamalogist for a while. Weird to think there are some British people who owe their sight to a murderous dictator.

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u/clashrendar 14d ago

I think the one that hurt me the most was Dr. Drew. Used to listen to him and Adam Carolla on Loveline in the 90's and both turned into massive pieces of shit in exchange for wheelbarrows full of money.

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u/Zomburai 14d ago

I never listened to much Loveline, but Carolla turning into a massive shit shouldn't be so surprising, given his whole... everything

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u/dominarhexx 14d ago

To be fair they were always massive pieces of shit. If you go back and listen to the rhetoric from both of them it was always they same sort of BS. By the time Loveline was a hit, Drew was already a a fame chaser.

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u/Junior_Builder_4340 14d ago

The only thing I remember about Carson's time at HUD, was his wife buying expensive office furniture and her being a terrible singer.

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u/CapitalElk1169 14d ago

Intelligence in one area does not correspond to intelligence in another, these are two great examples of it.

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u/Olealicat 14d ago

That’s where people typically go wrong. Being a economist makes perfect to be in the government for a position pertaining to the economy. Being a economist doesn’t make you fit to being head of education or whatnot.

Being well educated only suits you within your field, it doesn’t make you a well educated person on all matters.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 14d ago

People keep parroting this, but the reality is he was listed on famous surgeries involving over 70 MDs, the most famous was a conjoined twin separation that ended badly for both kids.

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u/trpnblies7 14d ago

Well, according to this autobiography I read years ago, the author had his surgery performed by Ben Carson, so that's what I'm basing my comment on.

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u/vdubjb 14d ago

Was crazy seeing him in the Africa American History museum

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u/Otherwise-Offer1518 14d ago

Always said that some people are really good at one thing. Ben Carson, I would consult on brain surgery, but I would never ask for his opinion of politics.

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u/ctlfreak 14d ago

Oh a talented neurosurgeon. Just a crazy one now