{"id":2425083,"date":"2025-04-18T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-swears-in-dr-oz-to-lead-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T16:38:40","slug":"watch-live-trump-swears-in-dr-oz-to-lead-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-swears-in-dr-oz-to-lead-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Dr. Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-trump-swears-in-dr-oz-to-lead-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2425083&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is set to swear in Dr. Mehmet Oz as the 17th Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) during a ceremony at noon. Dr. Oz was confirmed for this position by the Senate on April 3 with a vote of 53-45, though no Democratic senators supported his confirmation. His hearing was notably more amicable than those of other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-spends-200k-on-drag-performers-for-public-schools\/\" title=\"NYC Spends 200k on Drag Performers for Public Schools\">recent appointees<\/a>,despite <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-reporter-taylor-lorenz-a-big-fan-of-chinas-authoritarian-covid-lockdowns\/\" title=\"WaPo Reporter Taylor Lorenz a Big Fan of China&#039;s Authoritarian COVID Lockdowns\">past controversies<\/a> surrounding<\/a> him. Oz, a well-known figure within the Republican Party and a personal friend of Trump, previously ran in the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary in 2022 but did not win the general election. In his new role, Oz will manage Medicare, Medicaid, the Children&#8217;s Health Insurance Program, and the Obamacare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reportedly-set-to-gift-health-plan-aid-to-illegal-migrants\/\" title=\"Biden Reportedly ... to Gift ... Plan Aid to Illegal Migrants\">insurance exchanges<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Dr. Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump swears Dr Oz in to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zwCDHyTo-t4?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is swearing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dr-mehmet-oz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Dr. Mehmet Oz<\/a> as the 17th Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will begin at noon. Oz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3369276\/dr-oz-confirmed-oversee-medicare-medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"confirmed for the position\">confirmed for the position<\/a> by the Senate on April 3 in a 53-45 vote, with no Democratic senators voting in favor. Despite past controversies, his hearing was largely cordial, in contrast to the contentious hearings of figures such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384370\/judge-limits-doge-access-social-security-records\/\">Judge hits DOGE with new limits on access to Social Security records<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3384321\/vance-optimistic-ukraine-war-ending-rubio-warns-us-move-on\/\">Vance &#8216;optimistic&#8217; about Ukraine war ending as Rubio warns US could &#8216;move on&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3384385\/trump-extends-hiring-freeze-july\/\">Trump extends hiring freeze to July<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oz&rsquo;s personal friendship with Trump helped make him a prominent figure in the Republican Party, winning the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania in 2022 before losing the general election.<\/p>\n<p>In his new position, Oz will oversee Medicare, Medicaid, the Children&rsquo;s Health Insurance Program, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/obamacare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obamacare<\/a>&nbsp;insurance exchanges.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH LIVE: Trump swears in Dr. Oz as CMS Administrator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2425084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mehmet-oz-donald-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45345,46103,11975,4159,3634],"class_list":["post-2425083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-oz","tag-live-news","tag-medicaid","tag-medicare","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/mehmet-oz-donald-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425087,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425083\/revisions\/2425087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2425084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}