Dr. Oz’s remark is ignorant and demeaning. Most Medicaid recipients aren’t “TV watchers” but children, seniors, the disabled, or working poor. His distortion fuels cruelty, not policy—trading medical fact for partisan theater at the expense of society’s most vulnerable

8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep. How can they possibly fit in 6.1 hours of television? Oh yeah, in the other 8 hours a day. Could it be that they watch 6.1 hours of television because that is all they can afford to do on their slave wages?