In Atlantic City, Mehmet Oz Claims Trump’s Medicaid Changes Will Push ‘More People Into the workforce.’ Many Recipients Are Already Working

Mehmet Oz says Medicaid changes will push more recipients to work, but many already are

As a federal administrator, Oz has repeated the conservative talking point that Medicaid is currently weakened by “waste, fraud, and abuse,” a claim disputed by policy experts.

In Atlantic City, Mehmet Oz claims Trump’s Medicaid changes will push ‘more people into the workforce.’ Many recipients are already working

Rather than push people off Medicaid, President Donald Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill ” — now law — will “move more people into the workforce,” argued Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Dr. Oz to Newsmax: Goal to Return to Medicaid's 'Noble Mission'

Oz listed changes the administration will make to the program, which include work requirements, eliminating tax loopholes, and removing care for illegal immigrants and gender surgeries.