Dr. Oz on television will make « America again healthy »
The famous doctor and former television presenter Dr. Mehmet Oz has been approved by the US Senate to manage the agency that controls the health of millions of Americans, the BBC reported.
President Donald Trump welcomed him to his team by writing on his social network that no one is more qualified than « making America healthy again. »
Oz, who is best known for giving health advice to the Oprah Winfrey Show, and then in his own health broadcast, and has never held a public office, will head the medical care and medical services centers (CMS). He has a medical education and specialization of a surgeon, but much of his career has switched to the television screen.
Medical care centers control the largest health programs and determine the prices of medical services of doctors. In 2023, the US government spent over $ 1.4 trillion on health insurance.
The appointment was criticized by health experts who recalled that Dr. Oz was giving the wrong advice on weight loss and « miraculous medicines » and the assumption that medicines against malaria could be used as a cure for Covid-19 at the beginning of the pandemic.
He was confirmed on Thursday by the Republican-controlled Senate of the United States with a party vote of 53-45 votes.
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