Dr. Mehmet Oz would have told members of federal staff that artificial intelligence The models can be better than front -line human doctors at its first Trémette meeting this week.
Oz told employees that if a patient was going to the doctor for diabetes diagnosis, it would cost about $ 100 an hour, against $ 2 an hour for AI visit, according to names without name that spoke to Wire magazine. He added that patients may prefer an AI avatar.
Oz also spent part of his first meeting with employees arguing that they had a “patriotic duty” to remain healthy, in order to reduce costs for the health insurance system. He made a similar argument during his confirmation audience.
“I think it is our patriotic duty to be in good health,” said Oz in response to a question from the Republican Senator Todd Young of Indiana. “First of all, it feels much better … but it also costs a lot of money to take care of sick people who are sick because of lifestyle choices.”
Oz was recently confirmed By the Senate to direct the centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) – one of the most important and thorny federal government agencies. The CMS oversees 1.5 TN of annual spending, health insurance for almost half of Americans and incredibly dense regulations that underlie a large part of the American health insurance system.
Its confirmation came as the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Services I planned to lose About a quarter of its workforce in the middle of the cuts by the secretary of HHS, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and the “Department of Government” unofficial of the billionaire Elon Musk (DOGE).
CMS saw a relatively small part of the cuts – 300 workers against a total loss of 20,000. However, the Republicans offer Huge cups in MedicaidThe low -income health insurance program supervised by CMS, which provides around 71 million people. Republicans seek to reduce the program to pay tax cuts that make massively take advantage.
The 64-year-old was a surgeon before welcoming Dr. Oz Show, a Talkshow spin-off by Oprah Winfrey. He welcomed the program for more than a decade, and finished He is looking for a seat at the Senate open in Pennsylvania. He lost against Democrat John Fetterman in 2022.
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Oz has long been criticized for the approval of unructed remedies – among them “Magic” weight loss supplements and his Hydroxychloroquine approval To treat COVID-19.