CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, is pushing for major reforms to the Medicaid program, according to comments he made May 6 at the 2025 Milken Institute Global Conference, per Fox Business.
Dr. Oz told the news outlet that there is a “generational opportunity” to reform Medicaid and save the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars.
“I believe we’re going to increase expenditures on Medicaid,” he said. “It may not increase as much as it would have normally increased, but I think we have a unique opportunity… because what the president wants to do is get everyone aligned.”
According to Dr. Oz, Medicaid is misallocating funds by directing resources to “able-bodied individuals,” rather than the program’s original focus on low-income children, older adults and people with disabilities.
“In Medicaid, we’ve got a problem. We’re not funding the program as it was originally envisioned, because we’re shifting so much of it to able-bodied individuals,” he said.
Source: Dr. Oz talks ‘generational opportunity’ to reform Medicaid / Becker’s Hospital Review