Celebrity surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed by the Senate along partisan lines on Thursday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, filling a pivotal spot in President Donald Trump‘s public health agency apparatus.
Oz was confirmed by 53 to 45, with no Democrats supporting Trump’s nominee.
In his new capacity, Oz will oversee the largest payer for healthcare in the United States, providing insurance to more than 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program or CHIP, and the Obamacare insurance exchanges.
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Oz’s Emmy-winning television talk show and his career as a cardiothoracic surgeon at Columbia University make him a household name and among the most well-known appointees in Trump’s Make America Healthy Again coalition.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s
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