Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services since 2025; former television physician
Background
Mehmet Oz is an American physician and television personality serving as Administrator of the CMS in the second Trump administration. A former cardiothoracic surgeon known for a long-running daytime television show, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022. In 2026, he and Vice President JD Vance announced the withholding of $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from California, an action state officials characterized as political retribution.
