Dr. Mohamed Oz, President Donald Trump's choice to lead medical and medical care centers will face questions before the Senate Committee to finance on Friday morning.
After the session, the committee will make an appointment to vote to send Oz's nomination to the full Senate, where approval is likely to consider the Republican majority.
If this is confirmed, Oz will be responsible for about $ 1.5 trillion of Federal Health Care. Medicare, a federal health care program for the elderly between the ages of 65 years or UP, provides coverage of about 65 million Americans, according to the Medical Care Defense Center. Medicaid, which helps people with low income, covers approximately 72 million Americans, according to Medicaid.gov.
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Former US Senate candidate Dr. Mohamed Oz hosts a safer community discussion in Galdos to supply and entertain him on October 13, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
The former heart surgeon, who saw his fame, rises through his appearance on TV during the day and 13 seasons of “The Dr Oz Show”, Oz later moved to politics, with an unsuccessful offer to Open Senate seat in Pennsylvania In 2022, he was finally lost to John Vitirman, then the governor of the state. Oz graduated from Harvard University, and obtained medical and commercial certificates from Pennsylvania University.
Oz is expected to be grilled by Democrats during the session on its financial relations with countless health care companies, many of which constitute a potential conflict in the interests of the potential CMS manager.
Oz has committed to stripping many of its financial interests that are the most obvious risks of non -ratification, like hundreds of thousands of dollars in the United Health Group group, a private health insurance company. He also said, if he confirmed, he would lose nearly $ 25 million of the stock profits he obtained as a consultant to a company that sells health and beauty supplements.
President Donald Trump stands behind Mohamed Oz, the then Senate candidate in Pennsylvania at the state of Pennsylvania, during a gathering in Wilkes Bar, Pennsylvania, the United States, on Saturday, September 3, 2022. (Photographer: Michelle Gustagton/Bloomberg via Getti Emaiz)
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As a CMS official, OZ will make decisions related to how the government covers the actions and residency in the hospital and medicines within federal health care programs, as well as the payment rates that health care providers receive for their services.
On Thursday, Trump chose to lead the National Institutes of Health and FDA, doctor. Jae Bhatertharia and doctor. Marti Macari, In a row, the committee has been approved and will now face imminent voices by the full Senate.
