President-elect Trump chooses Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump says he is nominating Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hosted a long-running television talk show, to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania as a Republican in 2022 and as a an outspoken supporter of Trump. Trump has also chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary.

Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s transition operation helping to find the team that will work in the next administration.