More than 100 million Americans participate in the major programs that CMS oversees — Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP — according to the agency.
Oz ran for Senate in 2022 in Pennsylvania and received Trump’s endorsement, but was defeated by Democratic Sen. John Fetterman.
Asked about the pick by CBS News on Tuesday, Fetterman said he would be open to confirming his former opponent.
“He’s going to have a hearing, and then we’re going to find out what he’s about,” Fetterman said. “I’m not going to have like, a knee jerk, ‘well, no, just because he said to mean things to me in an election or whatever’ — we’re all professionals. We got to move on that. And if he meets my criteria then I’ll vote for him.”
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Years before mounting his Senate run, he came under scrutiny by Congress for featuring on his show unproven “miracle” weight-loss supplements. During a Senate committee hearing in June 2014, lawmakers accused Oz of misleading consumers about one of those supplements, a green coffee bean extract that he promoted on his eponymous daytime television show.
Oz rose to fame for his appearances on Oprah Winfrey’s show, and his own weekday program ran from 2009 to 2022, when he launched his Senate campaign.
