A young woman collapsed near the desk resolved in the Oval office, while President Donald Trump spoke the duration of Friday who swore at the ceremony of former cardiac surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who hastened to help the child.
A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the girl was a member of the Oz’s family who passed out the ceremony, but has recovered.
The Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., swore in OZ to supervise the services centers of Medicare and Medicaid. The Senate confirmed OZ on April 3, and now has the task of managing almost $ 1.5 billion in federal medical care expenses.
In addition to leading the services of Medicare and Medicaid, Hey will also supervise the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He will be responsible for issuing decisions on how the Government will cover the procedures, hospital stays and medicines.
At the ceremony, OZ presented its priorities in the role to advance in the Make America Healthy Again movement that Kennedy is leading and instituting the reform for Medicare and Medicid.
The new bipartisan proposal is directed to the most atrocious health industry “
Dr. Mehmet Oz will direct the services centers of Medicare and Medicaid. Here, he sits before testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, in Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday, March 14, 2025.
“Healthy people do not consume medical care,” Oz said with respect to the so -called “Maha” movement. “The best way to reduce drug spending is to use less drugs, because you don’t need them.”
“The next big thing we want to focus on is to modernize Medicare and Medicaid,” Oz said. “This is how Americans will receive the attention they want, need and deserve. They need to train patients and suppliers, both doctors and patients, both equipped with better tools.”
Finally, Oz said he would see any fraud or abuse within Medicare and Medicaid systems.
Medicare is a government health program that provides coverage to approximately 65 million Americans 65 years of age or older, according to the Medicare Defense Center. Medicaid is a federal assistance program for approximately 72 million low -income Americans, cordación to Medicaid.gov.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz greets Senator Marsha Blackburn, R-Ten., While Senator Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Look before OZ testifies at her confirmation audience before the Senate Finance Committee, in Capitol Hill in Washington, on Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Oz received his medical and business titles from the University of Pennsylvania, and became a family name during television periods, including “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and 13 seasons of “The Dr. Oz Show”.
Alec Schemmel of Fox News contributed to this report.