McMahon is a former Small Business Administration leader, while Oz and Lutnick have never served in government. All are seen as staunch loyalists of the incoming president.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had chosen television personality and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a wide-reaching agency with annual spending of $2.

TV personality and former Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz would lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as the new administrator if approved.