Dr. Mohamed Oz emphasized the Medical Welfare Command and Medicaid

Celebrity physician and former TV host, Mohamed Oz, was confirmed by the US Senate for the Agency Administration, which supervises health care for millions of Americans.

Oz, who did not occupy a general position, was chosen last year by President Donald Trump to lead medical care centers and medical services (CMS).

On Thursday, the role of the US Senate, which is dominated by Republicans, was confirmed by the party’s line from 53-45.

The 64 -year -old, whose approaches were scrutinized, were trained as a surgeon before the fame was found on the Oprah Winfrey show in the early first decade of the twentieth century.

Health experts have previously criticized the strengthening of Oz for what they consider a bad health advice on Weight loss medications And “miracle treatments”, and for the suggestion of malaria medications that can be used as a treatment for Covid-19 at the beginning of the epidemic.

After choosing Oz to lead CMS“There may be no more qualified and able doctor … to make America healthy again,” Trump said in a statement.

Before its inauguration, the Trump transitional team said that Oz “will work closely” with US Minister of Health Robert Kennedy Junior “to confront the industrial complex of the disease.”

CMS oversees the largest health care programs in the country, providing almost half of the Americans.

It regulates health insurance and defines the policy that directs prices that pay doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies in exchange for medical services.

In 2023, the United States government spent more than 1.4 trillion dollars (1.1 Trin) on Medicaid and Medicare combined, according to the Congress Budget Office.

Oz also hosted the presentation of Dr. Oz, who gave health advice to viewers, from 2009 to 2022.

But he was examined to recommend homosexuality, alternative medicine and other treatments that critics called “false science”.

Democrats previously claimed that a review of its financial records indicates that Oz may not have paid $ 403,739 of medical care taxes on more than $ 10 million of income from his media company between 2021 to 2023.

However, an OZ spokesman said that a review of the government ethics office had concluded that it had complied with the law.