Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, meeting with Dr. Mehmet Oz. Credit: Crapo

Could Dr. Oz use a post as head of the federal agency that oversees Medicare, Medicaid and HealthCare.gov to promote the iHerb online herbal supplements market?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is raising that possibility in a public letter sent to Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.

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