Mehmet Oz picked by Donald Trump to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "MORE: Donald Trump picks Howard Lutnick, Haverford College's largest donor, as commerce secretaryIn his new position, Oz would lead the agency that administers Medicare -- a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities -- and Medicaid -- which provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources.
56% : Mehmet Oz has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator.
55% : Trump also wrote on Truth Social that Oz would be working "closely" with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was chosen to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
55% : Trump said he has known Oz for "many years."
55% : In 2018, Oz was appointed by Trump to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
55% : Trump reappointed him to the position in 2020.
53% : Trump also endorsed Oz during his Senate run.
49% : At the time, he proposed that every American not covered by Medicaid should be enrolled in a private Medicare Advantage plan.
46% : President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he has chosen former surgeon and celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator.
42% : Also on Tuesday, Trump announced that he's nominating Howard Lutnick, a Haverford College alum and the largest donor in the Delaware County school's history, to be the next commerce secretary.
33% : "America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again," Trump wrote in a statement on Truth Social.

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