November 25, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday his picks for the agency that oversees health insurance for millions of Americans and his pick for the Secretary of Education. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who is a former television talk show host and a heart surgeon. will be the head administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In this Nov. 19th article for the Associated Press, President-elect Trump was quoted as saying, "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."
