Center for Science in the Public Interest: Mehmet Oz Unqualified to Run Medicare & Medicaid
November 20, 2024
November 20, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2024, by President Peter G. Lurie:
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The nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be a shocking nomination under normal circumstances. But in the context of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s, nomination to lead HHS, the CMS parent agency, it makes perfect sense: It's as if Donald Trump is poised to turn over control . . .
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The nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be a shocking nomination under normal circumstances. But in the context of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s, nomination to lead HHS, the CMS parent agency, it makes perfect sense: It's as if Donald Trump is poised to turn over control . . .