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On Tuesday, President-elect Trump declared that Dr. Mehmet Oz will be his choice to become the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator in January.
Trump said, “America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” when posting the comment on Truth Social.
“He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades.”
Dr. Oz will “work closely” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the president-elect’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to Trump’s letter.
The CMS is part of HHS and is in charge of Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs According to its website.
The organization “works in partnership with the entire health care community to improve quality, equity, and outcomes in the health care system.”
According to Trump, Kennedy and Oz will “take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake.”
“Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Country’s budget,” the statement said.
“Dr. Oz will be a pioneer in providing incentives for disease prevention, ensuring that every dollar spent on healthcare in our wonderful nation yields the best outcomes in the world.
The Republican said that Oz “will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend[ing], and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”
With an MD from the University of Pennsylvania, Oz was a frequent guest on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” before presenting .
“The Dr. Oz Show” from 2009 to 2022. In 2022, Oz unsuccessfully campaigned for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, losing to current Senator John Fetterman.
Trump stated that Oz “taught millions of Americans how to make healthier lifestyle choices, and gave a strong voice to the key pillars of the MAHA [Make America Healthy Again] Movement.”
“I have known Dr. Oz for many years, and I am confident he will fight to ensure everyone in America receives the best possible Healthcare, so our Country can be Great and Healthy Again!” the statement went on to say.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is the CMS Administrator at the moment. The website of the agency states that the Administrator “directs the planning, coordination, and implementation of the programs under.
Titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act and related statutes,” and additionally “directs the development of effective relationships between these programs and private and federally supported health-related programs.”