President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of celebrity doctor and failed Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks the latest potential shakeup of federal health agencies, and adds new uncertainty to the future of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
If confirmed, Oz would take the helm of a $1.5 trillion agency that is essentially the federal government’s insurance provider. It sets payments rates for do...
Trump thinks he won a mandate to change America. History says otherwise.
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, a wave of fear and reflection has taken hold across much of America. Much like Trump’s initial 2016 win, when journalists rushed to small-town Ohio diners to gauge what “real America thinks,” there’s a renewed sense that large swaths of experts and elites — not to mention the entire Democratic Party — may be out of touch with the zeitgeist and the electorate.
This feeling isn’t unwarranted, and it’s worth taking t...
Trump taps Dr. Oz for CMS chief
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Trump to nominate Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator
President-elect Trump said Tuesday he is nominating television personality and Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator.
Oz unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022 with Trump's endorsement and has been a Trump ally ever since.
The CMS administrator is a Senate-confirmed position.
“There may be no Physician more qualified and capable than Dr. Oz to Make America Healthy Again,...
Jeffries: Republicans don’t have a mandate
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday rejected the idea that voters delivered an Election Day mandate to Donald Trump and the Republicans, arguing that the GOP’s razor-thin majority in the House means that nothing will get done in Washington without Democratic support.
“Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues, who have spent a lot of time over the last two weeks talking about some big, massive mandate — I’m looking for it,” Jeffries said duri...
Here are the candidates running for DNC chair
The Democratic Party is turning its sights to electing the next Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair after a terrible Election Day saw the party lose the White House and the Senate majority and fail to flip the House.
The DNC will be charged with picking up the pieces, and several candidates have kicked off their bids to succeed DNC Chair Jaime Harrison.
Here are some of the candidates running for the position.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Mal...
House Democrats keep Jeffries, top leadership team in place
House Democrats voted Tuesday to keep their top leadership team in place, voicing overwhelming confidence in Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his top deputies exactly two weeks after a disappointing Election Day relegated them to the minority for another two years.
In a closed-door meeting in the Capitol basement, rank-and-file Democrats tapped Jeffries to remain the House minority leader, while voting to keep Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) as Democratic whip, Rep...
Health care advocates prepare to fight RFK Jr. nomination
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Texas Democrats at a crossroads after devastating election
Texas Democrats are sorting through what went wrong after their shining hopes turned to ash in November — and what it means for their long-term plans to take power.
The party was optimistic it could make pivotal gains across the state, especially in the hard-fought race between Sen. Ted Cruz (R) and Democratic Rep. Colin Allred.
But in the end, the party “woefully underperformed,” according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D), the latest gut p...
Public health leader: RFK Jr. ‘fails on all fronts’ as potential agency leader
A leading public health organization is sounding the alarm over Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
The American Public Health Association (APHA) said Kennedy “fails on all fronts” as a candidate to lead the nation’s top health agency.
“We urge President-elect Trump to select a qualified health leader that is properly trained and has the management skills to be the nation’s top health officia...