President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), sparking conversations about potential changes to Medicare. This key agency oversees health programs for over 160 million Americans,

Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped several TV personalities for key posts in his incoming administration, including Dr. Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency that oversees health coverage for 150 million people.

Trump will nominate the former Senate candidate to oversee major healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Affordable Care Act.

If confirmed by the Senate, Oz would be responsible for the programs — Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act — that more than half the country relies on for health insurance.

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

I n August, Dr. Mehmet Oz’s official YouTube account posted a video titled “Get $0/Month Medicare Coverage: What You Need to Know,” in which Oz lays a sales pitch on his vie

Mehmet Oz, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is about to land in the middle of brewing tensions among Republicans over how the Medicare Advantage program works.