Senate Committee on Finance

Dr. Oz: How His Millions Collide With Medicare

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[ad_1] Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by President Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless promoter of controversial private insurance plans for older Americans. “I’d be signing up,” he told viewers, directing them to a call center in an episode that is still available on his YouTube channel. What … Read more

The $8 Billion Children’s Vaccine Fund Kennedy Would Oversee

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[ad_1] When President Bill Clinton worked with a bipartisan Congress to enact a federal program to guarantee vaccines for poor children, they agreed that the authority over buying shots from drug makers should rest with the health secretary. The bill’s drafters did not consider that an extremely vocal critic of childhood vaccines would emerge as … Read more