Mehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.

Oz has made his preference known for privatized Medicare, which could substantially disrupt the current system.

The inheritance battle that divided Dr. Mehmet Oz's family has resurfaced after Donald Trump nominated the TV doctor to lead Medicaid and Medicare.