Dr. Oz Is Donald Trump's Latest Cabinet Pick, Xitter Recoils

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Fetterman claimed in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that he'd support Oz's nomination: "If Dr. Oz is about protecting and preserving Medicare and Medicaid, I'm voting for the dude." Oz and Trump have a distinct bond, with Oz being on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition in Trump's first term.
48% : That stance is aligned with the Republican Party's previously expressed aims of gutting Medicare and Medicaid.
44% : " Others pointed to his extensive history of his ties to companies pushing false medical cures and of his push to privatize Medicare.
28% : "CMS is a critical agency & we need serious leaders to protect Americans' health care and bring down costs -- not TV hosts whose main qualification is their loyalty to Trump," wrote former Senator Patty Murray of Washington in a post on X.
22% : In a statement, Trump wrote that Oz would "work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake.

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