Dr Mehmet Oz confirmed to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Mehmet OZ, a famous doctor and former TV host, has been confirmed by the US Senate to operate an institution that supervise millions of Americans.

Oz, who had never held a civil servant, was selected last year to lead the Medicare and Medicade Service Center (CMS) by President Donald Trump.

Thursday, he was confirmed by the Republican Senate’s role in the 53-45 party vote.

A 64 -year -old boy trained as a surgeon before he gained a reputation at the Oprah Winfrey Show in the early 2000s.

Health experts have previously criticized Oz’s health advice. Weight loss drug And “miracle treatment”, and can be used as a covid-19 treatment when the epidemic begins.

After selecting Oz to lead the CMSTrump said in a statement that “there may be no intention to make the United States healthy again.”

Prior to his inauguration, Trump’s conversion team said that Oz will cooperate closely with Robert F Kennedy Jr. “to take the disease industry complex.”

The CMS supervises the largest medical program in the United States and provides a range of about half of Americans.

It regulates health insurance and sets a policy to guide doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies paying for medical services.

According to the parliamentary budget office, the US government spent more than 1.4TN (1.1TN) in Medicaid and Medicare.

Oz also hosted the DR OZ Show, which provided health advice to viewers from 2009 to 2022.

However, he was closely investigated by other therapies called “doctor science” by homogeneous therapy, alternative medicine and critics.

The Democratic Party previously reviewed his financial records that he would not have paid $ 403,739 for medicare taxes for more than $ 10 million from media companies between 2021 and 2023.

However, the spokesman of the OZ said he had observed the law, according to the government ethics office.