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1 month ago | npr.org | Ryan Levi |Dan Gorenstein

Mehmet Oz — the surgeon-turned-TV-star better known as Dr. Oz — faced senators on Capitol Hill last week, asking them to confirm him as the new head of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "I commit to doing whatever I can, working tirelessly to ensure that CMS provides Americans with access to superb care, especially Americans who are most vulnerable: our young, our disabled, and our elderly," Oz told the members of the Senate Finance Committee in his opening statement.

Jan 17, 2025 | m.kuow.org | Dan Gorenstein |Ryan Levi

Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration set for Monday, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what changes his administration and the new Republican Congress could usher in.

Jan 17, 2025 | kpbs.org | Dan Gorenstein |Ryan Levi

With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration set for Monday, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what changes his administration and the new Republican Congress could usher in. Republicans in Congress have begun discussing possible changes to Medicaid — the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans that covers 80 million people.

Jan 17, 2025 | npr.org | Dan Gorenstein |Ryan Levi

Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hide caption toggle caption Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration set for Monday, there's still a lot of uncertainty about what changes his administration and the new Republican Congress could usher in.

Dec 18, 2024 | npr.org | Dan Gorenstein

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on Capitol Hill this week, trying to convince senators that they should greenlight him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, ahead of expected confirmation hearings. Kennedy — who initially ran for president as a Democrat in the primary and an Independent in the general election before dropping out and endorsing Trump — is perhaps best known for his vaccine skepticism and for spreading misinformation about the safety of vaccines.