President-elect Donald Trump has announced plans to nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency overseeing health coverage for over 160 million Americans. Dr. Oz, a former TV host and celebrity physician, gained fame on The Oprah Winfrey Show and his own program, though he has faced criticism for promoting controversial medical treatments lacking robust scientific support. This appointment follows Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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