Mehmet Oz, Medicare and Warren

Warren calls on Oz to sever financial ties to health care, pharmaceutical companies
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has written a letter to Mehmet Oz, asking him to make a series of commitments to avoid conflicts of interests ahead of his confirmation hearing Friday to lead the
US Senator Warren demands Medicare nominee Dr. Oz sever industry ties
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency overseeing Medicare should divest financial ties to healthcare and pharmaceutical companies that could benefit from his policy decisions, Democratic U.
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Seniors, Trump pick Dr. Oz wants to take you out of Medicare. Call your senator | Opinion
Oz's confirmation would advance the Republicans' plan to hand even more of traditional public Medicare over to insurers like UnitedHealth.
Trump health nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz faces scrutiny for Medicare and Medicaid stances
President Donald Trump raised eyebrows with nominations political pundits thought had no chance of gaining Senate approval for confirmation. One, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and Trump’s original choice for attorney general,
Senator Warren Calls for Dr. Oz to Divest Financial Ties Ahead of Medicare Leadership Nomination
Senator Elizabeth Warren urges Dr. Mehmet Oz, nominee for head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to divest from financial interests tied to the healthcare industry. Warren highlights potential conflicts of interest and calls for a commitment to ethical conduct and a lobbying ban post-tenure.
Mehmet Oz, Trump’s nominee to run Medicare and Medicaid, will testify before a Senate committee Friday
Trump’s allegiance to Oz was further emphasized on Tuesday when the president announced he was nominating Oz’s son-in-law, John Jovanovic, to head the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
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Dr. Oz urged to address conflicts of interests ahead of hearing
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed her concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz's potential conflicts in a letter to the nominee for CMS administrator.
Health care for more than 100 million Americans is being turned over to a supplement salesman
President Donald Trump’s health team has deep financial ties to the supplements industry. Now they’re poised to boost its ...
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Busted: Medicare Advantage lobbyists spending millions ahead of Dr. Oz hearing
The watchdog group Public Citizen on Tuesday released a research brief about the hundreds of millions of dollars Medicare ...
Mehmet Oz’s dangerous prescription for health care puts profits over patients | Opinion
Four medical professionals with the nonprofit Doctors for America write that Dr. Mehmet Oz’s conflicts of interest and ...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows
The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from for-profit healthcare companies ...
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Health Headlines: Nigeria Battles Lassa Fever and US Health Policy Updates
Nigeria is tackling a severe Lassa fever outbreak, with 98 deaths and 535 cases reported in 14 states this year. Meanwhile, US health policies are under scrutiny, including Senator Elizabeth Warren's ...
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Fake testimonials, false claims: FTC pays out for green coffee scam linked to Dr. Oz
Marketers created Pure Green Coffee after Dr. Mehmet Oz — a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon — talked about the health ...