Senate Finance Committee Democratic tax staff who reviewed Mehmet Oz’s tax returns said the nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services avoided paying some Medicare and Social Security taxes over three years.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, appears to have underpaid his U.S. Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo by Democratic staffers on the Senate Finance Committee.

O n March 14, Dr. Mehmet Oz will answer questions from members of the Senate Finance Committee in his confirmation hearing to lead the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

The staff memo said from 2021 to 2023 Oz held an interest in Oz Property Holdings LLC, which includes the media production company that ran his successful television show. Oz beli

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, appears to have underpaid his social security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo drafted by Democratic staffers on the Senate Finance Committee.

Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to a memo by Democratic staff on the Senate Finance Committee seen by Bloomberg News.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the agency overseeing Medicare should divest financial ties to healthcare and pharmaceutical companies that could benefit from his policy decisions, Democratic U.

Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead CMS, paid no Social Security or Medicare taxes in 2023 and “negligible” amounts in 2022, the memo said.