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@ Chuck Darwin
2025-02-24 20:28:27
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity TV doctor nominated by Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, has been a relentless promoter of controversial private insurance plans for older Americans.
What Dr. Oz does not tell his audience is that he made money from touting the plans,
known as Medicare Advantage.
The for-profit company operating the call center, TZ Insurance Solutions, paid to be featured.
Dr. Oz even became a licensed broker for TZ Insurance in almost every state, according to regulatory filings newly unearthed by The New York Times, with the idea that he could sell plans directly to viewers
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