The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines.
Mehmet Oz, known best for his time as a television personality and host of the daytime talk show “The Dr. Oz Show,” was a practicing heart surgeon earlier in his career.
That background makes him uniquely qualified to lead CMS, said Sen. Michael D. Crapo, R-Idaho, chair of the Senate Finance Committee.
