Cele|bitchy | Donald Trump appointing Dr. Mehmet Oz as administrator of Medicare & Medicaid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversee several of the country's largest government programs, providing health coverage to more than 150 million Americans.
50% : President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday said that he would nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz, the author and former television host, to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency that oversees health insurance programs covering more than 150 million Americans.
38% : The Times notes that Oz obviously has zero experience running a complicated bureaucracy like Medicare.
33% : Trump is nominating Oz to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
11% : While Oz will mess with Medicare and Medicaid, the incoming Trump administration is also going to try to completely end Social Security.

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