Nominated by Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, the celebrity doctor continues to peddle dubious health products

In August, Dr. Mehmet Oz’s official YouTube account posted a video titled “Get $0/Month Medicare Coverage: What You Need to Know,” in which Oz lays a sales pitch on his viewers. “Which of these items can you get for zero dollars?

When drawing up a list of which Trump nominees are likely to spark confirmation fights on Capitol Hill, keep Mehmet Oz near the top.

A social media post Dr. Mehmet Oz — who Donald Trump nominated to lead the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare — published on Wednesday "suggests that he may continue to serve as pitchman for dubious miracle cures even when he’s in government,

Dr. Oz holds a plethora of investments in healthcare, pharmaceutical, health insurance and health research companies

Dr. Mehmet Oz could hold millions of dollars in investments in companies regulated by the federal agency Donald Trump has tapped him to lead. During his failed Senate run in 2022, the former talk show host reported tens of millions of dollars in investments in health care,

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in health care, tech, and food companies that would pose significant conflicts of interest.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former talk show host, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Mehmet Oz, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is about to land in the middle of brewing tensions among Republicans over how the Medicare Advantage program works.