John Oliver tears apart Mehmet Oz's notion that getting a job allows people to "prove you matter," saying Oz is proof of the ...

Former heart surgeon and TV pitchman Dr. Mehmet Oz, now leading the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Good Day New York to discuss health care cuts and Medicaid changes.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance voted along party lines Tuesday to advance Dr. Mehmet Oz's nomination to run Medicare and Medicaid services to a full Senate vote.

Dr. Mehmet Oz was confirmed by the full Senate Thursday afternoon to be the next head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services following a lengthy nomination process.

Oz went on in later seasons to interview Jazz Jennings, a child with a reality TV show about transitioning from male to female, and Dr. Christine McGinn, a gender transition surgeon.

Oz has hawked everything from supplements to private health insurance plans on his former TV series, “The Dr. Oz Show,” which ran for 13 seasons and helped him amass a fortune.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, once the star of the long-running TV program "The Dr. Oz Show," won his bid to run Medicare and Medicaid Thursday. The full Senate confirmed him, 53 to 45 in a party line vote.