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Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows

Dr. Mehmet Oz's wealth ranges between $98 million and $332 million, stemming from for-profit health care investments, as reported in a government ethics filing.
Oz committed to divesting from his health care investments within three months if confirmed as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services .
His significant holdings include shares in health insurance and pharmaceutical companies, including up to $5 million in Inception Fertility and up to $600,000 in UnitedHealth Group.
Oz's confirmation hearing to oversee programs like Medicaid and Medicare has not yet been scheduled, according to industry experts.

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Bangor Daily News

Letter: Americans deserve better than Dr. Oz

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com As doctors, we are sworn to uphold the Hippocratic Oath, which means we need to put patients’ needs first. We believe Dr. Mehmet Oz has broken this oath time and again. We believe the nomination of Dr. Oz to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services goes against this oath because he is unqualified…

50 minutes ago·Bangor, United States

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Fortune

Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz holds millions in companies that he’d oversee if he’s confirmed

Oz's net worth is between $98 million and $332 million, according to an analysis of his disclosure, which lists asset values in ranges but does not give precise dollar figures.

20 hours ago·New York, United States

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Associated Press News

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Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he'd wield power over if confirmed, report shows

Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions of dollars worth of shares in health insurance, fertility, pharmaceutical and vitamin companies. That's according to a newly released government ethics report on the celebrity

1 day ago·United States

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Common Dreams

Seventy-Five Organizations Call on Senators To Oppose Dr. Oz for CMS

In an effort led by Public Citizen, 75 organizations called on Congress to reject the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In the letter sent Thursday, the groups warned congressional leadership, “Dr. Oz has massive conflicts of interest, peddles unproven “cures” for personal profit, and represents an existential threat to t…

1 day ago·United States

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Bloomberg

Mehmet Oz to Cut Ties with Supplement Maker If Confirmed

Celebrity physician Mehmet Oz, tapped by President Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is pledging to sever ties with a nutritional supplement maker and dozens of other companies across the health-care sector if confirmed by the US Senate to the post.

2 days ago·United States

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