Mehmet Oz, Medicare and Elizabeth Warren

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.
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.
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
Trump health nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz faces scrutiny for Medicare and Medicaid stances
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television personality and Senate candidate, is still likely to win confirmation to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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CMS deletes Medicare Advantage vision statement, signaling another shift from health equity
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wiped away the agency’s stated intentions for the future of Medicare ...
Will Dr. Oz Push Medicare Advantage Plans if Confirmed?
As original Medicare faces funding shortfalls, Dr. Oz may shift to private insurance providers through Medicare Advantage.
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 ...