Trump appoints Dr. Oz to key HHS position in new administration

President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday that he will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator in January.

"America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again," Trump said in a statement. "He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades."

"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," the statement added. "Our broken Healthcare System harms everyday Americans, and crushes our Country’s budget."

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Former US President Donald Trump, stands behind Mehmet Oz, US Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, during a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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