Dr. Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American television personality.
Television star will oversee the coverage of Trump’s government health care to about 140 million Americans, including almost half of all children covered by Medicid.
Gave us advice on virtually every branches of health through the small screen, and now will direct the service centers Medicare e Medicaid (CMS), the federal agency responsible for managing health coverage of almost half of Americans.
The cardiothoracic surgeon Mehmet Oz He was elected leader with 53 votes in favor and 45 against, confirmed on Thursday the US Senate.
Dr. OZ takes office at a time when new US Administration promises cuts, especially with regard to Medicaid, which provides health care to low -income Americans, funds that should be redirected to cover the costs of administration’s tax reforms.
Oz is openly advocate of Medicare Advantage, a private alternative to traditional Medicare that still promotes today’s “Dr. Oz” program, which has been criticized due to allegations that insurance companies have charged to the government dozens of thousands of euros per year. But There is a “new sheriff in the city”guaranteed Oz to legislators in their confirmation hearing, quoted by.
The restructuring of the Department of Health and Human Services is led by the Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr.and includes approximately 20,000 job reductions through voluntary layoffs and departures.
The election of Oz is seen as risky. Only when Senator Josh Hawley announced his support earlier this week that Oz had a free way. Rather, Senator opposed his selection, namely due to OZ support for transsexual care and the right to abortion. But the doctor has changed his mind and now opposes both.
Mehmet Oz’s financial involvement with health care companies, including participating in UnitedHealth Group and Amazon, also worries. Dr. Oz pledged in February to define more than 70 companies and to abandon various consultant positions. The total of its business and family heritage is estimated between $ 90 and 335 million.
