In a hearing on Friday, the Senate members pressed Dr. Mohamed Oz, TV celebrities were nominated for the head of medical care and medical stomach, on proposals led by Republicans that would significantly affect health care coverage of about half of the Americans.
In his confirmation session before the Senate Finance Committee, Dr. Oz, Senators, in a friendly atmosphere, is joking about basketball and loyalties for the college teams. He has survived greatly from difficult questions from both sides of the corridor, as his magic showed on the air while deviating from the most referred concerns of Democrats about possible radical changes in health coverage not only of 65 or larger but also for poor children.
Several members of the Senate seemed to be dispersed due to the ongoing debate on the budget for the Republicans to avoid the closure of the government, and they left the session of Dr. Oz. But he is preparing to sail via the Senate to confirm him as an coming official for Medicare and Medicaid service centers, a $ 1.5 trillion agency in spending.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, has expressed a great expression of financial conflicts before the session. But in the session, you did not press him on these issues. Instead, he focused on his views on whether private medical care plans were overwhelming the government, an area where she and Dr. Oz agreed to need to treat potential fraud and waste.
During the session, he showed a simple knowledge of a variety of relevant agency issues, although he has repeatedly returned to the arrow answers he would need to study the topic more on hand.
Many legislators, especially Democrats, have tried to force Dr. Oz to express his views on the Trump administration’s goals to reduce health care costs and agency budgets, but he avoided this over and over again.
“It is our national duty to be in good health.” “A lot of money costs patient patients due to lifestyle options.”
This refrain is in line with the healthy Make Make Ameica movement again that Robert F. defended. Kennedy Junior, the new secretary of the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, and President of Dr. Oz, who will be close if confirmed.
Medical care feature and privatization
Introduction notes from Senator Ron Weiden, Democrat Origon, held an initial promise to some difficult questions. Dr. Oz was accused of avoiding approximately $ 500,000 in social security and medical care taxes in recent years using a tax exemption related to limited partnerships, and the Democrats concluded after reviewing the tax declarations of Dr. Oz. But there were no follow -up questions.
Mr. Weiden also raised the ghost that Dr. Oz would have been on his relationship with TZ insurance, a company that sells it to sell Medicare Advantage to the elderly Americans. Dr. Oz was an uncomfortable promoter for these special plans, which are criticized by legislators and organizers in order to excessive excessive exhaustion and depriving patient care, in its presentation and YouTube.
Dr. Oz, 64, is also a Tz -registered intermediary in the states throughout the country, according to his recent investigation into his financial resources from the New York Times. Once again, Mr. Widan reported the case and did not follow up.
Despite the concerns of Democrats that Dr. Oz is likely to review some rules aimed at curbing plans, instead adhered to strong supervision. He admitted that some of the brokers who are now selling these plans were “intimidation policies”, as people turned from one plan to another, regardless of whether the change in coverage had benefited from them.
“Part of this is just the realization that there is a new honest in the city,” said Dr. Oz. “In fact, we must pursue places and regions in which we do not manage the money of the American people well.”
Several times in the session, Dr. Oz addressed the concerns of the two parties about whether the Medicare feature plans were. In response to questions from a doctor’s colleague, Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican Louisiana, Dr. Oz mentioned a study indicating that the federal government spends more on the special alternative to medical care than the government’s program. He said, “It is upside down.”
“We must study whether some money should be paid to the American people,” said Dr. Oz.
He also expressed his interest in resolving some of the two parties’ interests in the use of insurance companies for the prior licensing to agree to medical procedures by reducing the number of services that may be subject to review.
The Republic plans to reduce medical aid
Democrats seemed more frustrated by Dr. Oz’s position towards the Medicaid program, the state and state program that covers 72 million Americans with low income Americans. “All my colleagues want to know, will you cut the medical aid?” Senator Maria Kanewell asked Washington’s Democrat.
But Dr. Oz, who did not talk much about the program that he would have supervised as the agency’s head, did not respond directly. He said that he does not know the details of the budget discussions, as legislators are looking into hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts that may lead to the loss of people’s coverage, as it has become difficult to register and countries were forced to bear more burden.
When Senator Rafael Warrenuk, Georgia’s Democrat, was asked about the Republican efforts to add exhausting monthly paper to some people to show that they should get the advantages, Dr. Oz said he prefers work requirements that Republicans want to limit eligibility. But he agreed with Senator to make sure that people who should be eligible should not be cut to get Medicaid.
Dr. Oz and his complementary works
There were other topics that seemed to be deviated from. For example, Dr. Oz has made tens of millions of dollars over the years to promote food appendices, often without any mention of his financial interest. It was paid by many medical and health companies to display their products. Many of these companies will be affected by any decisions that he will make as an official of Medicare and Medicaid services centers, and many people already benefit from the agency’s financing.
Senator Maggie Hassan, Democrat for New Hampshire, requested that he put a dollar figure for what he made exactly of promoting currencies in his daytime TV program. He said he did not pay anything. He began to explain that Sony Pictures distributed the offer, and that the entity that these companies (which in turn) paid, but it was cut. In the end, Mrs. Hassan was unable to extract anything meaningful of it and moved.
Patient privacy and dus
At the hearing, Mr. Waden pressed Dr. Oz on the accessible access to the alleged government efficiency management of Elon Musk for private medical information for Americans. Mr. Weiden raised concerns about the need to protect people’s privacy, given the ability of the possible management to present personal health and medical data. Although his repeated questions, the Trump administration has yet to address those concerns. Surprisingly, Dr. Oz said that there were no discussions with the administration about what the Mr. Musk team was doing during the inspection of the agency’s information, but he promised “to address what is going on.”
Measles
The outbreak of measles in Texas and New Mexico increased his fears and led to great criticism in the response by Mr. Kennedy and the Trump administration. Senator Bin Ray Logan, a New Mexico Democrat, asked if he believed the measles vaccine is safe. Dr. Oz said that he did that, but when the Senator continued by asking him whether this was effective, Dr. Oz retracted and said that the judgment on individual vaccines and their recommendations for use will not be under his responsibility, but under the centers of control over diseases and prevention.
“My job, if I confirm, is to make sure that we are paying the price of these vaccines,” he said.
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