Trump named Dr. Oz to lead the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid—as his team reportedly eyes cuts to Medicaid.

The answer to the question about whether it’s appropriate to call one of President-elect Trump’s latest cabinet nominees by his made-for-TV handle “Dr. Oz” is all too obvious: Yes.

The celebrity physician would run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a powerful agency in charge of programs that cover more than 150 million Americans.

If confirmed to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee, would oversee two large federal health insurance programs that cover about 2 in 5 Americans and greatly influence the nation's health care system.

The well-known TV physician and former GOP Senate candidate was panned by Democrats as unqualified. The role requires Senate confirmation.

In November 2024, president-elect Trump selected TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, who has an estimated net worth of $200 million, to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic

Trump said Tuesday he would nominate Oz as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The agency’s scope is huge: CMS oversees coverage for more than 160 million Americans, nearly half the population.