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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a physician and TV personality, will lead the agency during a turbulent time for federal health programs as the HHS cuts thousands of staffers.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a physician and TV personality, was confirmed Thursday by the U.S. Senate to lead the CMS, the federal agency responsible for providing health insurance to more than 160 million people.
Oz was confirmed in a 53 to 45 vote.
He will take the reins of the CMS at a turbulent time for federal health programs and agencies after the HHS, which oversees the CMS, announced last week it would cut cut 10,000 full-time employees in a major restructuring. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the recently appointed HHS secretary, said...
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