What to know about CMS and how Dr. Oz could lead it

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : The agency oversees several departments, including the Center for Clinical Standards & Quality, Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services.
66% : What is the CMS? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is a federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
51% : What could Oz's appointment mean for Americans? Oz's nomination comes after Trump picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, which will all but certainly set the tone for other health agencies.
41% : State of play: Kennedy's views on Medicare or other payment policies are pretty unclear, unlike his public health views.
21% : In his announcement Tuesday, Trump said Oz would "cut waste and fraud within our Country's most expensive Government Agency," in a signal that cuts might be coming to entitlement spending.

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