Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television personality and Senate candidate, is still likely to win confirmation to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Mehmet Oz is pledging to divest from a broad portfolio of health care stocks if he is confirmed as President Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

A deep dive New York Times investigation has linked much of Dr. Mehmet Oz’s massive fortune to the Medicare and Medicaid programs President Donald Trump has nominated him to oversee. The celebrity TV doctor is estimated to have made as much as $355 million through business and family ventures,

The TV celebrity and Trump nominee has pledged to divest from most of his financial interests. But they touch nearly every corner of health care, from insurance to blood pressure cuffs and vitamins, leading experts and lawmakers to doubt he could make impartial decisions.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has swelled in part from ...