Senate Confirms Mehmet Oz to Head Medicare and Medicaid

In a party-line vote, Democrats opposed Oz over questions regarding cuts to Medicaid, while Republicans praised his intention to reform the program.

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on March 14, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Dr. Mehmet Oz has been confirmed as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Senate approved the former attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and professor of surgery at Columbia University in a 53–45 party-line vote.