Healthcare DIVE December 12, 2024
Emily Olsen

Prominent lawmakers like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden argued Mehmet Oz, who was nominated to oversee the CMS, doesn’t have relevant management experience to lead the agency.

Dive Brief:

  • Democratic lawmakers are pushing for answers from Mehmet Oz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CMS, about his advocacy for expanding Medicare Advantage.
  • In a letter sent Tuesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Oz had argued to eliminate the traditional Medicare program in lieu of privatized MA plans — and raised questions about his financial ties to insurer UnitedHealth.
  • The legislators also scrutinized Oz’s qualifications for the job, which oversees health insurance that covers 160 million Americans. “Although you were a...

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Topics: CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, Insurance, Medicare Advantage
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