Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sits before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., sought to get Oz to admit that his promotion of certain supplements for weight loss, such as green coffee extract, were fraudulent. While Oz admitted green coffee extract is not a miracle weight-loss drug, he argued that he never promoted it as such.
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"There are many things I said on the show. I take great pride in the research we did at the time to identify which of these worked and which ones didn't. Many of them are still being researched, like the green coffee bean extract you just mentioned," Oz told Hassan. The senator then inquired how much he was paid to promote these products, to which Oz responded that he got nothing.
Dr. Mehmet Oz ran for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022, but ultimately lost his bid to Democrat John Fetterman. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
As the administrator of CMS, Oz would make decisions related to how the government covers procedures, hospital stays and medication within the federal healthcare programs, as well as the reimbursement rates at which healthcare providers get paid for their services. Oz, if confirmed, could theoretically take action to get federal healthcare programs, like Medicaid and Medicare, to cover a greater number of supplements not already covered.
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A committee vote to decide whether to send Oz to the full Senate has not yet been scheduled. He will need to garner at least 50 votes in the full Senate to be confirmed.
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