TELL THE U.S. SENATE: As Musk and the GOP push for massive funding cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, Trump wants to put Dr. Oz in charge of public health coverage. Oz would be a disaster, because he’s a champion for outright privatizing Medicare. Sign the petition: Reject Dr. Oz!

Hi,

If Dr. Oz leads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), he’ll push for full privatization of Medicare. This would destroy public health coverage for seniors and enrich executives and investors in big health corporations. And it just so happens that Oz has significant investments in CVS and UnitedHealth.1

Oz’s “Medicare Advantage for All” scam is a devastating privatization plan that would do irreversible damage to America’s social safety net.2 The Senate must reject Oz.

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

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.3 And Oz’s investments in CVS and UnitedHealth could get a major boost if his “Medicare Advantage for All” plan succeeds.

“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.4

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

Sign the petition: Reject Dr. Oz!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the team at Demand Progress

Sources:

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

 

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