'Out of my lane.' Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room
Oz said the TrumpRx site now lists more than 750 drugs as the administration pushes lower prescription prices and fraud enforcement.
- On Tuesday, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz hosted the White House press briefing, filling in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt during her maternity leave.
- Oz announced that 160 new medications are being added to the TrumpRx discounted-drug website, bringing the total number of drugs on the platform to more than 750.
- The White House has invited high-profile officials to brief reporters while Leavitt is away; Oz followed Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
- Pressed on Bill Pulte's nomination as acting director of national intelligence, Oz stated, "I don't know anything more about Bill Pulte than you do," declining to elaborate.
- Mehmet praised President Trump, who turns 80 this month, describing his mental acuity and energy as exceptional, stating, "That amount of energy does not exist in a vacuum.
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'Out of My Lane': Dr. Oz Ducks Questions During Turn in White House Briefing Room
(MedPage Today) -- He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat healthcare fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas. But when reporters tried to ask Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, about...
Dr. Oz Takes His Turn in the White House Briefing Room
He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat health care fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas. But when reporters tried to ask Dr. Mehmet Oz about the most-pressing issues of the day—the point of the White House briefing where he...
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‘Out of my lane.’ Dr. Oz ducks questions during his turn in the White House briefing room
WASHINGTON (AP) — He spoke fast, hammering through the Trump administration's efforts to lower prescription drug prices, combat health care fraud, and curb the spread of Ebola overseas.
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