Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency
Trump plans to nominate Oz, who has been criticized for promoting misleading and false claims about health and science, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Summary
Dr. Mehmet Oz, TV personality and former Senate candidate, has been nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees health coverage for over 160 million Americans.
Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon and former host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” has faced criticism for promoting unproven medical treatments, including hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19.
The nomination comes amid contentious Medicare drug price negotiations under the Inflation Reduction Act, which are being challenged by pharmaceutical companies.
The role requires Senate confirmation.
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We’re going to have so many years of unwinding all of the terrible changes that are coming our way. If we ever have the chance to unwind them.
What people have get to realize is when you say years, most people have no idea of how many years.
We are looking at 40 years before this is fixed.
There is still stuff Reagan did that isn't fixed. Some of the damage is going to be permanent or at least beyond our lifetimes.