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Mehmet Oz: “By the time I was confirmed by the Senate, much of what…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Dr. Oz on the future of Medicaid and AI health care | The Conversation

Published | Video Starts at 04:36

… is so full of people that are barely doing any work, that aren't interested in working because it sounds like where you're at, it's quite the opposite. Well, in fairness, By the time I was confirmed by the Senate, much of what needed to happen from perspective of doge had already occurred. So I inherited an agency that had already gone through some loss of personnel and some streamlining of operations. But that's not the part of the story that resonates to me. (04:36–04:45)

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Asserts that significant changes had already occurred at his agency before his Senate confirmation.

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