Becker's Healthcare March 17, 2025
Mehmet Oz, MD, President Donald Trump’s nominee for CMS administrator, was questioned by the Senate Finance Committee on March 14. The committee will now vote on whether to advance his nomination to the full Senate.
Here are seven takeaways on the hearing:
1. Questions at the hearing centered around potential cuts to Medicaid in the wake of a Feb. 25 budget resolution approved by House Republicans that aims to cut $880 from the Energy and Commerce Committee from 2025 to 2034.
2. The resolution does not detail exactly how the committee must cut costs, but Medicare and Medicaid are the largest programs under the committee’s oversight. A March 5 Congressional Budget Office report said the only way to...
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