President-elect , Donald Trump , on Tuesday announced his intention to nominate , Mehmet Oz , — better known by his broadcast title” Dr. Oz” — to direct the , Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
If confirmed, Oz would handle a sprawling federal company that manages health care policy for almost half of Americans through Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and different plans.
A brain doctor named Oz was a star on” The Dr. Oz Show,” a daytime talk show about health and wellness, that gained him business success. The show ended in 2022 when he decided to run as a Republican for , Senate , in , Pennsylvania , — a civilization he lost to Democratic Sen.  , John Fetterman.
” America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Doctor more competent and capable than , Dr. Oz , to Create America Healthy Again”, Trump said in a statement. ” Dr. Oz may work closely with , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the condition business diverse, and all the hideous autoimmune disorders left in its wake”.
Trump claimed Oz will encourage the spread of disease and” minimize waste and scam” at CMS.
First Republican response was friendly.
Sen.  , Bill Cassidy, R-La.,  , tweeted , Tuesday that he was” Glad to hear @DrOz has been nominated for CMS executive. I look forward to discussing a physician’s interests as CMS approaches its tenth anniversary. This is a fantastic opportunity to promote traditional health reforms in patients.
Cassidy, already the ranking part of the , Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, may become chairman of that council during the next , Congress.
Sen.  , Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., called Oz a “nice man” that” seemed quite smart”.
Trump, he said, “added another all-star to his checklist”.
Liberals, however, were far less motivated. House Energy and Commerce ranking Democrat , Frank Pallone Jr., of , New Jersey, said he was “alarmed that President-elect Trump has chosen a Television star without the experience or qualifications to direct it”.
” Alas, this election more demonstrates that Trump is not concerned about Americans ‘ wellness care”, he said.
Trump has a long history of being a fan of Kansas, having last seen him on his present in 2016. He cited Oz’s nine nighttime Emmy Awards in his speech announcing the selection.
Oz served on the President ‘s , Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition during the Trump administration. But President , Joe Biden , removed him from the payment when Kansas began his , Senate , work, declaring it a violation of federal law.
He founded the volunteer HealthCorps with his family, Lisa, to deliver health learning to school children.
Kansas worked as a cardiac doctor from 1986 onward. but has primarily worked in media, hosting his television show and printing books that have been bestsellers in the New York Times.
Some of his controversial viewpoints have been attacked by critics because they were unable to support technology before entering politics.
In 2015, a group of doctors , tried to find Oz removed , from his place as the vice president of the procedure office at , Columbia University , medical class, in part because of medical claims he’d made on his show and his push for questionable weight loss medications.
In 2014, then-Sen.  , Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.,  , castigated him , during a , Senate , hearing for pushing false weight loss products.
In 2018, he , reached , a$ 5.25 million settlement offer in a false marketing class action lawsuit accusing him of overstating the benefits of nutritional products, though he did not admit liability.
Kansas served as an informal consultant to the first Trump presidency, espousing some of Trump’s more contentious sights. He also , promoted , usage of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial medicine, to address COVID-19.
In April of 2020, Oz said on , Fox News , that reopening schools may be worth it, even if it led to increased incidents. He eventually retracted the speech.
On the , Senate , campaign trail, Oz said he supported the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, yet though he had recently expressed support for abortion access. Kansas has also backed health weed, but he has warned against expanding the use of it for recreational purposes.
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