Dr. Oz selected by Trump for head of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the next Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, a position that requires Senate confirmation.

“America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,” Trump said in a statement. “He is an eminent Physician, Heart Surgeon, Inventor, and World-Class Communicator, who has been at the forefront of healthy living for decades.”