Overview
- Dr. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said he hopes lower fertility drug prices will yield “lots of Trump babies” by the 2026 midterms.
- Oz made the comment while appearing with President Donald Trump at an Oval Office event focused on weight-loss drug pricing.
- The event highlighted the administration’s effort to align U.S. prices with those in other developed countries under a most-favored-nation approach.
- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about obesity, and Oz asserted that obesity accounts for half of all chronic disease.
- Oz praised Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” initiative; about ten minutes after his remark, an attendee fainted as a photographer captured Trump with his back turned.