Trump picks Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : "Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country," Trump said in a statement.
56% : If confirmed by the Senate, Oz would oversee Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
48% : President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday selected Mehmet Oz, the well-known TV physician and former Republican Senate candidate, to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency responsible for providing health insurance to more than 160 million Americans.
32% : GOP lawmakers this year pressed CMS over reports of fraudulent enrollment in Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces and alleged fraudulent billings of durable medical equipment.
30% : Trump allies and GOP lawmakers are eying changes to Medicaid, saying the safety-net program is inefficient, as they look for ways to offset potential tax cuts.
22% : CMS is responsible for more than $1 trillion in annual spending, and Republicans have called for CMS to crack down on alleged waste and abuse long linked to its initiatives -- an idea that Trump reiterated in his announcement, pledging that Oz would cut "waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency.
16% : Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for that role, a selection that has alarmed public health leaders worried about Kennedy's longtime criticism of vaccines and other views.

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