TELL THE U.S. SENATE: Trump wants to put Dr. Oz in control of Medicare and Medicaid, but Dr. Oz has a long list of financial entanglements with Big Pharma and health insurance companies. He also wants to destroy Medicare as we know it. Sign the petition: Protect Medicare — reject Dr. Oz’s nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services!

Hi,

Dr. Oz has no business becoming the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). And business — his ties to key corporations — is a big reason why.

Dr. Oz’s time as a TV doctor included marketing partnerships with Big Pharma company Novo Nordisk. As head of CMS, he’d be in charge of making decisions that could be very lucrative for pharmaceutical companies.1 Dr. Oz also has investments in CVS and UnitedHealth,2 companies that could reap major financial gains based on Oz’s decisions.

These conflicts of interest are disqualifying. The Senate must stop his confirmation.

Sign the petition: Urge your Senators to OPPOSE Dr. Oz’s nomination to lead Medicare and Medicaid.

“Having ongoing financial ties to a health-care company would create a disincentive to do the job the American people need done by the person in his position,” said a former government ethics official in The Washington Post.3

Along with these conflicts of interest, Oz is a proponent of Medicare privatization,4 which would destroy Medicare as we know it and enrich the insurance corporations he’s invested in.

In order to protect Medicare from corporate interests, the Senate must stop Trump and Dr. Oz.

Sign the petition: Block Dr. Oz!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

  1. Washington Post, “Potential conflicts of interest may haunt Dr. Oz’s confirmation to run Medicare, Medicaid,” December 2, 2024.
  2. NPR, “TV's Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to run,” November 22, 2024.
  3. Washington Post, “Potential conflicts of interest may haunt Dr. Oz’s confirmation to run Medicare, Medicaid,” December 2, 2024.
  4. Common Dreams, “Dr. Oz Nomination Seen as Potential Boon for Medicare Privatization,” November 20, 2024.

 

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