Dr. Oz Held Millions In Healthcare Investments, Raising Potential Conflicts For Medicare And Medicaid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : ehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor that President-Elect Donald Trump has tapped to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is perhaps best known for his hawking of supplements and weight loss drugs.
52% : In announcing the nomination, Trump said that Oz, who is the son of Turkish immigrants and a retired heart surgeon, had "won nine Daytime Emmy Awards hosting 'The Dr. Oz Show' where he taught millions of Americans how to make healthier lifestyle choices."In the early days of the pandemic, Oz promoted the debunked Covid-19 treatment hydroxychloroquine.
50% : Pointing to Oz's holdings in UnitedHealth, Cigna and CVS, he added that "if confirmed to this position, Dr. Oz will hold sway over how Medicare is administered and could make decisions that make those stocks more valuable while adversely impacting the healthcare of millions of Americans.
46% : "Dr. Oz's holdings would raise questions about his ability to impartially run drug coverage programs under Medicare and Medicaid, as decisions CMS leadership can make about the way these programs operate and negotiate prices can impact those holdings," Kedric Payne, general counsel and senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, a government watchdog group, said in a statement.
32% : Trump has called for pushing through appointees without Senate oversight with so-called recess appointments.

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