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.
Oz paid no Social Security or Medicare taxes in 2023 and “negligible” amounts in 2022, the memo said. Oz maintained that he wasn’t liable for the taxes on certain income from a limited liability company due to a provision called the “limited partner exception,” according to the memo.
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The celebrity physician is scheduled to face the Finance Committee on Friday as he seeks Senate confirmation to lead CMS, an agency which oversees about $1.7 trillion in federal spending.
A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CMS, could not immediately be reached for comment. A representative for Oz’s company didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
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