Democrats demand answers from Trump pick Mehmet Oz on 'Medicare privatization'

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Democrats demand answers from Trump pick Mehmet Oz on 'Medicare privatization'
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WASHINGTON — Key Democratic senators are demanding answers from Mehmet Oz on his 'previous advocacy for Medicare privatization,' referring to his call in 2020 for putting all seniors into private insurance plans under Medicare Advantage. They're seeking clarity from the physician and TV personality known as 'Dr. Oz' in a letter Tuesday, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., after President-elect Donald Trump picked him to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services .

In 2022, when Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania, he offered a more modest platform that didn’t call for ending traditional Medicare, although he maintained his support for boosting Medicare Advantage. “We can expand Medicare Advantage plans,' he wrote in an AARP questionnaire, calling the plans 'popular among seniors' and arguing they 'provide quality care' with the right cost incentives. The lawmakers in the letter sounded skeptical.

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