Trump Picks Dr. Oz, Who Says Seniors Should Give Medical Marijuana A Try, To Lead Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services
President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he will nominate TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The appointment is among a string of TV hosts — mostly from Fox News — to be chosen to join Trump’s cabinet.
In a statement, Trump said the celebrity TV host will “work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex.”
Though a household name due to his long-running “The Dr. Oz Show” (2009-2022), Oz got into politics when he unsuccessfully ran for Senate against now Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) in 2022, during which time the good doctor seemed to forge an alliance with …