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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Top-notch as far as satire goes. Bit of a shame is that it isn't satire, though.

[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought for sure this was from The Onion. What a clusterfuck.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Same. I had to triple check what sub this was.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's harder for satire to get ahead when reality is better at it.

[–] DashboTreeFrog 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reality keeps becoming satire.

Waiting for Steven Seagal to get some kinda foreign relations/military position

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’d be the ambassador to Russia.

I’m wondering about Hulk Hogan though.

[–] DashboTreeFrog 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

John Stewart suggested Hogan would be secretary of ‘TAKE YOUR VITAMINS!'

I'm thinking something family related, cause everyone's his brother

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Good call, brutherrrr

[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) handles:

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
  • the Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance Marketplaces

They are also in charge of:

  • Setting the health insurance portability standards for the United States
  • The administrative end of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • Setting the Federal quality standards in long-term care (nursing homes)
  • Clinical laboratory quality standards under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988

So it's not just Medicare and Medicaid, but millions of people within the ACA and including seven million children in CHIPs that he'll be overseeing. Not to mention setting the standards of care for millions of people in nursing homes.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

You mean the same ACA that they plan on abolishing. It'll be hilarious watching his voters when the leopards get to the eating. It'll give everyone over here on SSDI Island a preview of the end times.

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

With a clown in charge, we have nothing to expect but a circus.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Barrel full of Monkeys: Trumps Cabinet.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Life is a fever dream. I'd really like to wake up now

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

YAY!!! Free raspberry ketones for everyone. Act now and get a bonus bottle of green coffee beans in pill form, you will live forever!!! Thanks Oprah.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Who would have thought that television from the 00’s would be politics in the 20’s?