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Senate committee advances nomination of Dr Oz to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
By Alec Schemmel
Published March 25, 2025
El Comité de Finanzas del Senado votó el martes por la tarde, siguiendo la línea de los partidos, a favor de que el Dr. Mehmet Oz, elegido por el presidente Donald Trump para dirigir los Centros de Servicios de Medicare y Medicaid, pase a una votación de confirmación completa.
The party-line vote, which saw 14 GOP senators vote in favor of Oz's nomination and 13 Democrats vote against it, follows two hearings by the Senate Finance Committee that probed Oz over his plans for the federal healthcare programs, his views on abortion, potential conflicts of interest in the healthcare industry and more.
"Dr. Oz has years of experience as an acclaimed physician and public health advocate. His background makes him uniquely qualified for this role, and there is no doubt that he will work tirelessly to deliver much-needed change at CMS," Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, the chairman of the committee, said Tuesday.
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El Dr. Mehmet Oz saluda a la senadora Marsha Blackburn antes de su audiencia de confirmación ante el Comité de Finanzas del Senado en el Capitolio, el 14 de marzo de 2025. AP Photo Curtis)
Oz graduated from Harvard University and received medical and business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former heart surgeon who saw his fame rise through his appearances on daytime TV and 13 seasons of "The Dr Oz Show."
Oz se dedicó más tarde a la política, presentándose sin éxito al escaño vacante en el Senado de Pensilvania en 2022. Finalmente perdió frente a John Fetterman, entonces vicegobernador del estado.
De ser confirmado por el pleno del Senado, Oz estaría a cargo de casi 1,5 billones de dólares de gasto sanitario federal. Medicare, un programa federal de asistencia sanitaria para mayores de 65 años, da cobertura actualmente a unos 65 millones de estadounidenses, según el Centro de Defensa Medicare . Medicaid, que ayuda a las personas con bajos ingresos, cubre a unos 72 millones de estadounidenses, según Medicaid.gov.
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Oz's leadership would direct decisions related to how the government covers procedures, hospital stays and medication within the federal healthcare programs, as well as the reimbursement rates at which healthcare providers get paid for their services.
El candidato al Senado Mehmet Oz es saludado por Donald Trump en un mitin en el Mohegan Sun Arena el 3 de septiembre de 2022, en Wilkes-Barre, Pensilvania. (Spencer Platt/GettyGetty Images)
A principios de este mes, los candidatos elegidos por Trump para dirigir los NIH y la FDA, el Dr. Jay Bhattacharya y el Dr. Marty Makary, respectivamente, también fueron aprobados en comisión y están a la espera de las votaciones de confirmación plena en el Senado, previstas para más tarde el martes. No está claro cuándo tendrá lugar la votación completa de Oz en el Senado.
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Around the same time that Bhattacharya and Makary won committee approval, Trump withdrew his nomination of former Florida Rep. David Weldon to run the CDC, over fears he did not have the GOP support to clear full confirmation. On Monday, the Trump administration named Susan Monarez, acting director of the CDC, as its new nominee.
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