Why Trump pick of 'Dr. Oz' to oversee Medicare, Medicaid could be 'devastating'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : CMS, the federal agency in charge of a $1.5 trillion budget and the health-insurance coverage for more than 155 million Americans, oversees Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
32% : The selection of television personality Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could bring on budget cuts, the privatization of Medicare and reduced benefits for the nation's most vulnerable citizens, public health and government experts say.

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