President Trump Nominates Dr. Oz To Cabinet Position

President Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz as the Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator.

Oz was previously endorsed by President Trump in the 2022 U.S. Senate race, which he ultimately lost to Sen. John Fetterman.

In a statement Trump shared, “Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Country’s budget,” said Trump. Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention.”

Trump added, “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

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Per ABC 27:

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former Pennsylvania Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator.

Oz lost Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race to John Fetterman in 2022 after beating Dave McCormick in the Republican primary by less than 1,000 votes. Oz’s victory in the crowded primary came after Trump endorsed him in the final stretch of the race.

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Prior to running for Senate Oz hosted the Dr. Oz Show and was a frequent guest on Oprah Winfrey’s show providing medical advice that opponents called “quack” medicine.

“Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Country’s budget,” said Trump. Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country. He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”

Trump says he plans to have Oz work closely with his nominee for Health and Human Services 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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— New York Post (@nypost) November 19, 2024

Per The New York Post:

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he was picking Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Trump said in a statement that Oz, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate two years ago, would work closely with Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake.”

“Dr. Oz will be a leader in incentivizing Disease Prevention, so we get the best results in the World for every dollar we spend on Healthcare in our Great Country,” added Trump, 78. “He will also cut waste and fraud within our Country’s most expensive Government Agency, which is a third of our Nation’s Healthcare spend, and a quarter of our entire National Budget.”