Becker's Healthcare November 20, 2024
Prospective CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, has been a major proponent of Medicare Advantage, and has pitched expanding the program to extend coverage to all Americans.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Oz, a television personality and professor emeritus of cardiothoracic surgery at Columbia University, to lead CMS on Nov. 19.
After hosting the daytime talk series “The Dr. Oz Show” from 2009 to 2022, Dr. Oz earned the nomination for the Pennsylvania Republican party for the U.S. Senate. He was defeated by Democrat John Fetterman.
Dr. Oz has previously backed “Medicare Advantage for All,” a proposal to expand the Medicare Advantage program beyond older adults to everyone.
Here are five things to know about Dr. Oz’s...
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