Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, faced pointed questions from senators on both sides of the aisle during his nearly three-hour confirmation hearing.
President Donald Trump nominated Oz to head the federal agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million people and spends one in five taxpayer dollars through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace.
The nominee appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance on March 14.
A graduate of Harvard University, Oz went on to earn a doctorate in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a master’s in business administration from the Wharton School….