When drawing up a list of which Trump nominees are likely to spark confirmation fights on Capitol Hill, keep Mehmet Oz near the top.

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

What you might expect from Oz if he runs Medicare, Medicaid, and management of the Affordable Care Act at the 6,000-person CMS.

President-elect Trump’s choice of celebrity doctor and failed Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks the latest potential shake-up of federal

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a key federal agency that oversees health insurance coverage for more than 150 million Americans.

Oz used his TikTok page on multiple occasions in November to praise Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including their efforts to take on the “illness-industrial complex,” and he slammed “so-called experts like the big medical societies” for dishing out what he called bad nutritional advice.

Dr. Oz holds a plethora of investments in healthcare, pharmaceutical, health insurance and health research companies

Dr. Mehmet Oz could hold millions of dollars in investments in companies regulated by the federal agency Donald Trump has tapped him to lead. During his failed Senate run in 2022, the former talk show host reported tens of millions of dollars in investments in health care,

Dr. Mehmet Oz — who Donald Trump nominated last week to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS — holds "stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as $600,000, as well as shares of pharmaceutical firms and tech companies with business in the healthcare sector,