Dr. Mehmet Oz is back in the spotlight—and this time, he’s scrubbing in for surgery on America’s bloated, broken healthcare bureaucracy.
In a move sure to send the liberal media into a full-blown panic attack, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a clean party-line vote of 53–45. And it’s not just a symbolic win—Oz will now take command of more than $1.5 trillion in federal health spending and oversee the insurance coverage of more than 160 million Americans.
That’s right—Trump didn’t just put a doctor in charge. He put a surgeon in the operating room with a scalpel aimed directly at the fat, fraud, and failure that defines D.C. health policy.
Sure, the usual suspects tried to raise objections. Senator Josh Hawley voiced concerns about Oz’s past comments on transgender issues and abortion—but ultimately supported the nomination after clarifying statements and a public commitment from Oz to implement President Trump’s pro-child, pro-life, pro-family agenda.
“Dr. Oz fully understands the harms caused to minors by such procedures,” said an Oz spokesperson in March, referencing so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ for children, which has become a flashpoint in America’s cultural civil war. “He is committed to implementing President Donald J. Trump’s agenda of protecting children so they can grow to live out their God-given potential.”
That’s what leadership looks like: restoring sanity, truth, and moral clarity to a health system hijacked by radicals.
Oz, who rose to national fame as a trusted TV doctor, later became a warrior on the political battlefield during his 2022 Senate run in Pennsylvania. Though narrowly edged out by John Fetterman, Oz never stopped fighting for the America First movement—and now, President Trump has put him in the perfect position to make real change.
And boy, does CMS need it.
The agency has become a bloated mess of red tape, inefficiency, and liberal bureaucrats pushing DEI talking points instead of patient care. Enter Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which just axed 10,000 jobs at HHS, including 300 at CMS and five regional offices. It’s a much-needed purge—and Dr. Oz will be leading the cleanup.
With Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also in the mix, this isn’t your typical government health team. Trump’s administration is serious about turning the tide—and finally making America healthy again.
Oz echoed that vision during his confirmation hearing, pledging to “make it easy for America to do the right thing when it comes to their health.” That’s common sense, conservative reform—not the top-down mandates we got from the Fauci-Biden years.
But don’t expect a quiet start. House Republicans are already pressuring Oz and CMS to find $880 billion in savings from Medicaid—an entitlement program long plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse. In fact, a recent report from the Energy and Commerce Committee revealed massive spending loopholes, lax oversight, and a system ripe for exploitation.
Oz is ready to operate.
“Let’s be aggressive in modernizing our tools to reduce fraud, waste and abuse,” he told senators. “This will stop unscrupulous people from stealing from vulnerable Americans and extend the life of the Medicare trust fund.”
Translation: it’s time to stop letting Washington swamp creatures rob hardworking taxpayers—and start giving seniors and families the care they deserve.
With a media empire behind him, real-world medical experience, and the full backing of President Trump, Dr. Oz is positioned to be one of the most consequential CMS administrators in history.
He’s not just another bureaucrat. He’s a man on a mission.
For decades, Democrats have used health care as a weapon to push big government and woke ideology. Now, with Trump’s return to the Oval Office, it’s time for bold, unapologetic conservative leadership—and Dr. Oz is about to deliver the prescription.
