If At First You Can’t Get Your Grifter Surgeon General Nominee Confirmed, Well, Here’s This Lady From Fox! Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Dr. Casey Means for Surgeon General and put forward Dr. Nicole Saphier, a Fox News contributor and breast radiologist, as his next nominee. The article criticizes Saphier’s lack of formal public health training and her past statements, including the idea that lack of healthcare incentivizes better behavior and that pre-existing conditions should not be covered by insurance.

• Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Nicole Saphier, is a Fox News contributor and breast radiologist, not a public health expert.
• Saphier has previously stated that lack of healthcare incentivizes people to take better care of themselves.
• She has also argued that insurance companies should not be required to cover pre-existing conditions, attributing rising insurance costs to such coverage.
• The article suggests Saphier’s views align with a Republican emphasis on personal responsibility for health outcomes.
• Saphier has also made controversial comments about people on ventilators and compared COVID-19 to ‘the sniffles’.