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Mehmet Oz

Republican

Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • Pennsylvania

Cardiothoracic surgeon and television host confirmed as CMS Administrator in 2025; 2022 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania.

Statements (2)

Re: Vance's Fraud Task Force Cancels Obamacare Coverage for More Than 760,000 People It Calls "Phantoms" — the Vice President Says "This Is Not About Cutting Off Anybody From Their Benefits," Dr. Oz Says "We're Not Paying Insurance for Nonexistent Ghosts," and Chuck Schumer Says the Administration's Answer to Rising Costs Is to "Kick Hundreds of Thousands More People Off Their Health Insurance"

Sep 22, 2026

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We call them phantoms, because we believe most of them don't exist or they had no idea they had coverage. … These are not real people. We're not paying insurance for nonexistent ghosts. … If you care about the ACA, then you'll want us to take the fraud out.

Re: Trump Signs an Executive Order Cutting the Childhood Vaccine Schedule and Splitting the MMR Shot Into Three, and the Republican Chairman of the Senate Health Committee Calls It "a Stupid Thing to Do"

Aug 23, 2026

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No, the MMR vaccine is not a lethal vaccine, and it is offered in other countries, the measles, in particular, separately, like in Japan.