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Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

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President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to nominate former TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The agency oversees insurance programs covering more than 150 million Americans. Julie Rovner of KFF News breaks down Dr. Oz's views on health care. Then, the ACLU filed a lawsuit this week against ICE, seeking more information about how it might carry out large-scale deportations in the incoming Trump administration. The ACLU's Eunice Cho joins us. And, comedian, actor and author Jenny Slate recently released "Lifeform," a new collection of essays about life, love and having a child. Here & Now's Emiko Tamagawa speaks with Slate.

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This is going to be a pretty anti-regulatory administration,

0:46.3

so I'm not at all sure how that's going to work if he gets in.

0:50.3

More rich and famous people are bound for President-elect Trump's cabinet.

0:55.1

We'll look at what Dr. Oz might do with the reigns of Medicare and Medicaid.

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It's Wednesday, November 20th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WVR. I'm Chris

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memory. Today on the show, why the ACLU is suing immigration and customs enforcement over

1:23.5

expected deportations under Trump before the new administration has even taken office.

1:29.8

Also, in her new collection of essays, Lifeform, comedian Jenny Slate explores her journey from

1:36.3

singledom to finding love and becoming a mom.

1:39.7

I want to know why I am where I am. Like, what have I been doing to get myself here, both good and

1:45.5

bad? That's coming up in about 15 minutes. But first, another TV personality could be

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destined for the White House. Trump wants Dr. Mehmet-Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and

1:58.6

Medicaid services. That means he would manage the health

2:01.7

insurance marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act, too, putting him in charge of health coverage

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