Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump made an appearance on Oz's television program, "The Dr. Oz Show," during his 2016 presidential campaign to reveal the results of his physical examination.
53% : "He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades," Trump said in a statement, adding that Oz would work alongside Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who Trump wants to head the Department of Health and Human Services, to "take on the illness industrial complex.
52% : Trump's announcement comes as the agency for the first time negotiates drug prices on the costliest prescription drugs under Medicare.
44% : CMS is the agency responsible for providing government-based health insurance to more than 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides coverage to children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
34% : Trump picks TV's 'Dr. Oz' to run Medicare and Medicaid agencyZoë Richards and Berkeley Lovelace Jr.November 19, 2024 at 10:43 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he will nominate Mehmet Oz, a former Pennsylvania Senate candidate and TV doctor, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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