Oz will lead the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
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President-elect Trump has tapped Dr. Mehmet Oz, tv celebrity and surgeon, to run the agency.Trump said Oz will “cut waste and fraud” in the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid.Oz ran for Senate in 2022 and does not have experience leading a large government bureaucracy.
President-elect Donald Trump has named Mehmet Oz, a television personality and surgeon, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
“He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget,” Trump said in a statement announcing the pick on Tuesday.
Trump said that in his role, Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom the president-elect has chosen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Oz unsuccessfully ran for a Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2022 but has no experience leading a large government bureaucracy. The CMS oversees Medicare and Medicaid, among other services.
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