HCR Update from Mark Sanna: Dr. Oz backs down before Senate

Under pressure from Congress, the television host Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help “drain the swamp” of unscrupulous marketers using his name to sell so-called miracle pills for weight loss. Dr. Oz, appearing before the Senate’s consumer protection panel, was scolded by the chairwoman, Senator Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, for his claims about weight-loss aids on “The Dr. Oz Show.” Dr. Oz, a surgeon, acknowledged that his language about green coffee and other supplements had been “flowery.”