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Dr. Casey Means faces questions about her inactive medical license and financial ties to wellness companies as she seeks confirmation as surgeon general.
- At 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, Dr. Casey Means will testify virtually before the HELP Committee, as she is Trump's second choice after her initial nomination was withdrawn in May.
- Because she did not complete residency in 2018, Casey Means holds an inactive medical license that lapsed in January 2024, a point aides expect to be discussed.
- Financial disclosures and reporting show Means co-founded Levels and promoted supplements while sometimes failing to disclose profits; she pledged in ethics filings to resign and halt monetized social media posts if confirmed.
- Confirmation would give Means a platform to influence national nutrition and food policies, overseeing 6,000 U.S. Public Health Service Corps members and promoting the 'Make America Healthy Again' agenda.
- Means' close advisory role to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frames part of the scrutiny, as she linked vaccines to autism in newsletter posts and called birth control `prescribed like candy` on Tucker Carlson.
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President Donald Trump’s new nominee to serve as America’s surgeon general is slated to appear before a Senate committee on Oct. 30. Dr. Casey Means will appear virtually before the Senate Health Committee, which is chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). “Chairman Cassidy looks forward to discussing with Dr. Means how she will accomplish President Trump’s mission of delivering radical transparency and restoring trust in our health institutions,” …
Casey Means Faces Scrutiny Ahead of Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
Casey Means, a Stanford-trained physician turned wellness entrepreneur and influencer, is set to appear before the Senate for her confirmation hearing to become the next U.S. Surgeon General, a nomination that has already stirred controversy across the medical community. Who Is Casey Means? Means, 38, is best known as the coauthor of the 2023 bestseller Good Energy, a book on diet and metabolic health she wrote with her brother, Calley Means. A …
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