WASHINGTON, Two high-ranking Democratic senators are questioning the credentials and financial conflicts of members of an advisory committee established by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that aims to improve and modernize the health care system.
In a letter sent Tuesday to Kennedy and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, Oregon Sens. Jeff Merkley, ranking member of the budget committee, and Ron Wyden, ranking member of the finance committee, write that they have “serious concerns” about credibility and conflicts of interest among those on the Healthcare Advisory Committee, which was announced in March.
At the time, Kennedy and Oz said they had reviewed 400 candidates before settling on 18, including motivational coach Tony Robbins, a venture capitalist who previously worked alongside Kennedy’s son, and a number of health care executives.
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