“gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors”
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Mehmet Öz
Mehmet Cengiz Oz, also known as Dr. Oz, is an American television presenter, physician, author, educator, and government official serving as the 17th administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since 2025.
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2026· 10 entries
“I just saw a nice piece in The Lancet [medical journal] arguing that the opening of schools may only cost us 2–3% in terms of total mortality.”
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Yahoo: Trump ordena al administrador de los CMS, Mehmet Oz, que ponga fin a la financiación de Medicaid para la transición de género de los menores
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Public attention spiked: 6,930 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 1,790, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: capitalization
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Public attention spiked: 5,579 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 1,790, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Bloomberg'den "Dr. Mehmet Öz" iddiası! ABD'de Sağlık Bakanlığı'na atanabilir” (İnternet Haber).
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İnternet Haber: Bloomberg'den "Dr. Mehmet Öz" iddiası! ABD'de Sağlık Bakanlığı'na atanabilir
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The Economist: Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump’s most effective TV star
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Public attention spiked: 10,471 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.8× the usual 1,790, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “LIVE: White House press briefing with Dr. Mehmet Oz” (The Lufkin Daily News).
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The Lufkin Daily News: LIVE: White House press briefing with Dr. Mehmet Oz
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“s Health Insurance Program from paying for puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria. Political positions Making his 2022 Senate campaign announcement in late 2021, Oz identified himself as a”
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2025· 3 entries
Career landmark: Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2025).
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President Donald Trump appointed Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); he was confirmed by the Senate along party lines
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Oz offered to relocate a flock of 400 ostriches in British Columbia, set to be culled amid an Avian flu outbreak, to his ranch in Florida
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2024· 2 entries
Oz was named by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in his second administration
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Was accused of not disclosing his role in the food supplement company iHerb, whose products he recommends in his various channels
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2022· 18 entries
And further urging "everyone to put down their partisan swords and focus on getting the job done"
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Election lost: 2022 U.S. Senate election.
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Oz's campaign was endorsed by former president Donald Trump
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Reported net worth: $100M (as of 2022).
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Oz said he opposes the legalization of recreational cannabis, but was not against it for medical purposes
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“an ally and a vibrant democracy in the world”
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“women, doctors, local political leaders”
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“I do believe life starts at conception, and I”
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Oz said that he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act if he were elected to the Senate, and backed Medicare Advantage Plus
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Campaign: 2022 U.S. Senate election.
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Oz said that Israel is "an ally and a vibrant democracy in the world's most troubled region" and that he opposes the BDS Movement, supports keeping the US Embassy in Jerusalem and supports continued military aid to Israe
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Oz took a "tough on China" stance similar to the Trump wing of the Republican Party
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President Joe Biden asked him to resign from the council because Oz's continued membership while running for the Senate would be a violation of the Hatch Act, but Oz refused; Biden subsequently removed him from the posit
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Oz said that he supports the process of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and believes that natural gas can help the United States become energy independent and reduce gasoline prices
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After his primary win, Oz described himself as "a moderate leader, but not passive
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Oz announced that he supported overturning the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v
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To specifically recognize the Armenian genocide
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When running for the Senate that "it's time we get back to normal"
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2021· 2 entries
Oz announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022
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Oz guest-hosted the trivia television game show Jeopardy
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2019· 2 entries
Oz played for the Home roster during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at the Bojangles' Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Oz played for Team Cleveland in Major League Baseball's All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at Progressive Field in Cleveland
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2018· 1 entry
Oz was appointed to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition by President Donald Trump
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2017· 2 entries
Oz co-authored an article that highlighted the threats of climate change, including extreme heat, wildfires, and floods
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Oz had expressed support for waiting periods before someone can acquire a gun, and in 2019, he co-wrote a column that called for the United States to ban assault rifles altogether
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2015· 1 entry
A group of 10 physicians demanded Columbia remove Oz from the faculty for his alleged "disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine"
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2014· 4 entries
Surgeon Oz, showing Oz's career as a surgeon, debuted on OWN
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“marijuana is hugely beneficial when used correctly for medicinal purposes”
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Oz had called for more regulations on fracking, including halting the practice until the environmental impact had been researched more, because of the possible connection between fracking and the pollution of air and wat
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Oz said on Larry King Live that "marijuana is hugely beneficial when used correctly for medicinal purposes" and in 2017 criticized the federal government for classifying marijuana as a Schedule I drug, which prevents mor
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2012· 2 entries
After facing criticism for hosting a guest who supported pseudoscientific reparative or conversion therapy on his show, he announced that he is opposed to conversion therapy and called conversion therapy "dangerous"
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Oz entered into an arrangement with USANA Health Sciences, a multi-level marketing dietary supplement manufacturer, which has been accused of being a pyramid scheme
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2010· 3 entries
Oz supported a government-backed healthcare system and was featured in an advertisement that promoted the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare
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Oz joined Jeff Arnold as co-founder of Sharecare, Inc
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Oz hosted and offered support to transgender youth and their families on his television show
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2009· 3 entries
“It should be mandatory that everybody in America have healthcare coverage. If you can”
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Winfrey offered to produce a syndicated series hosted by him through her company, Harpo Productions
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Oz said, "It should be mandatory that everybody in America have healthcare coverage
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2007· 2 entries
It was reported that Oz had been active in his local chapter of the Republican Party of New Jersey for several years, and had donated to Republicans John McCain and Bill Frist
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Oz had described himself as a "moderate Republican" and cited Arnold Schwarzenegger and Theodore Roosevelt as inspirations
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2004· 1 entry
And the candidacy of Shmuley Boteach, a rabbi who ran for Congress as a Republican in New Jersey in 2012
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2003· 3 entries
Oz was scheduled to present medical research on heart bypass surgery and heart-lung machines to the yearly conference of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
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Aired through the Discovery Channel and produced by Oz's wife, Lisa
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The Discovery Channel launched Second Opinion with Dr
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2001· 2 entries
Oz became a professor of surgery at Columbia University, and became emeritus in 2018
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A title he held until 2018, when he became emeritus
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2000· 1 entry
Whitworth departed the Cardiac Complementary Care Center, which Oz reopened that same year as the Cardiovascular Institute and Integrative Medicine Program at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where he served as directo
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1996· 1 entry
Oz and Rose received media publicity following their work on a successful heart transplant for Frank Torre, brother of New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, during the 1996 World Series, which the Yankees won
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1986· 1 entry
Co-founding its Cardiac Complementary Care Center to provide various types of alternative medicine to heart disease patients
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1960· 2 entries
Born 1960-06-11.
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In Cleveland, Ohio, to Mustafa Cavit Öz and Suna Yıldız Öz (née Atabay), who had emigrated from Turkey
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