Donald Trump nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the next Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
“America is facing a Healthcare Crisis. and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. 0z to Make America Healthy Again. He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades,” Trump said Tuesday.
“Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex. and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake,” Trump said. “Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Country’s budget.
Trump wants Oz to focus on waste, fraud, and abuse in what has become the nation’s most expensive agency, consuming one quarter of the entire national budget.
Dr. 0z graduated from Harvard College. and earned a joint M.D. and M.B.A. degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton Business School, which is where Trump also attended.
He rose to become a professor of Surgery at Columbia University. while receiving numerous patents on his medical inventions, authoring more than 400 original publications, and publishing numerous New York Times Bestselling books.
He was the host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” which won him nine Daytime Emmy Awards as he advised Americans on how to lead healthier lifestyles.
In 2022, Oz ran for U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania as a conservative Republican and was the first Muslim candidate to be nominated by either major party for U.S. Senate. Oz lost to the Democratic nominee, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
“I have known Dr. 0z 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!” Trump said.