Medicare Administrator to Host White House Press Briefing
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet Oz will conduct the White House press briefing on Tuesday at 1 p.m. The appearance continues a rotation of administration officials substituting for the press secretary during maternity leave.
Washington Examinerm. The session follows earlier stand-in briefings by other administration officials while the regular press secretary is on maternity leave. Mehmet Oz is a physician and former television personality who now leads the federal agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The briefing is expected to cover United States talks with Iran and the status of a Justice Department fund on anti-weaponization that was paused on Monday.
Previous stand-ins have included the secretary of state, the vice president, and the treasury secretary. No further schedule details for additional substitute briefings have been released.
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