Dr. Mehmet Oz, The selection of President Donald Trump, who will run Medicare and Medicaid centers, will face questions before the Senate Finance Committee on Friday morning.
After the hearing, the Committee will schedule a vote to send the Oz nomination to the entire Senate, where the approval is likely to consider the Republican majority.
If confirmed, Oz would be in charge of nearly $ 1.5 trillion of federal consumption in healthcare. Medicare, a federal health program for the elderly over 65, currently provides a cover for about 65 million Americans, according to the Medicare Center. Medicaid, which helps people with low incomes, includes approximately 72 million Americans, according to Medicaid.gov.
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Former GOP candidate for US Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, hosts a debate on safer streets in Galdos Catering and Entertainment on October 13, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Former heart surgeon who saw his glory increased through appearances on daily TV -in 13 seasons “The Dr Oz Show”, Oz later moved to politics, launching an unsuccessful offer for Open Senate Place in Pennsylvania 2022. He eventually lost to John Fetterman, then a governor of the governor. Oz graduated from Harvard and earned a medical and business diploma at Pennsylvania University.
OZ is expected to have grilled Democrats during hearing due to its financial relationships with countless health care companies, several of which are a potential conflict of interest in the potential CMS director.
Oz has undertaken to deprive many of its financial interests that are the most obvious risk of inappropriateness, such as his hundred thousand dollars in the supplies in United Health Group, the main private health insurer. He also said that if confirmed, he would take away nearly $ 25 million in stock earnings as an advisor for a company selling health and beauty supplements.
President Donald Trump is behind Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for Pennsylvania Senate, during a gathering in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA, Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photographer: Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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As an administrator of CMS, OZ would make decisions regarding the manner in which the Government covers procedures, hospital stay and medicines in federal health programs, as well as compensation rates at which health services are paid for their services.
On Thursday Trump’s choice led and FDA, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Dr. Marty Makary, Respectively, they are approved in the Committee and will now face the upcoming voices by the whole of the Senate.
