The Senate Committee on Finance voted along party lines Tuesday afternoon to advance Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to a full confirmation vote. The party-line vote, which saw 14 GOP senators vote in favor of Oz’s nomination and 13 Democrats vote against it, follows
Dr. Mehmet Oz at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on March 14. The committee voted to advance his nomination on Tuesday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Dr. Mehmet Oz, once the star of the long-running TV program “The Dr. Oz Show,” cleared another hurdle today in his
The Senate Committee on Finance is set to vote later this afternoon on whether to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, to a full Senate confirmation vote. The vote follows two hearings by the committee that probed Oz over his plans for the federal
“I never thought that Medicaid would become an issue in my family, but it has.” That was the first line of a note I received this week from a retired investment industry veteran whose autistic son receives coverage from the program. A similar email arrived from one of the most affluent towns in California. Yes,
Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Craig Hudson/The Washington Post/Getty Images Mehmet Oz — the surgeon-turned-TV-star better known as Dr. Oz — faced senators on
After a bruising Washington battle that averted a government shutdown but broke their party in two last week, leading California Democrats are trying to project a unified front on a central issue in the next big budget fight: Medicaid. Republicans have already signaled their intention to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the healthcare
In a hearing on Friday, senators pressed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity nominated to head Medicare and Medicaid, on Republican-led proposals that would significantly affect the health care coverage for nearly half of all Americans. At his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Dr. Oz bantered with senators in a friendly atmosphere, joking
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor, is expected to face a tense confirmation hearing on Friday, with Democratic senators planning to question how he would oversee Medicare and Medicaid now that Republicans and the Trump administration are weighing significant changes affecting millions of Americans. Among the possible plans being considered by Republican lawmakers and
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardio-thoracic surgeon, has been a daytime TV talk show host and a candidate for Senate. He’s pictured in September 2024 in New York City. Leigh Vogel/Concordia Summit/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leigh Vogel/Concordia Summit/Getty Images We’re following the confirmation hearings for the Trump administration. See our full politics coverage, and
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