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Dr. Oz Dismisses Coverage Loss Projections and Tells Medicaid Recipients ‘Don’t Eat Carrot Cake’

He defended the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s 80-hour monthly engagement requirements, framing them as a route to healthier lives despite CBO warnings that millions may lose coverage

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Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz, joined by HHS Acting Inspector General Juliet Hodgkins, delivers remarks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice on June 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Oz brought Fox Business' Stuart Varney a “MAHA medi-cake" to celebrate Medicaid's 60th anniversary.
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Overview

  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal Medicaid funding and food assistance and imposes 80-hour monthly work, education or volunteering requirements for recipients.
  • On July 14, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz told Fox Business that beneficiaries must stay healthy and avoid treats like carrot cake under the new rules.
  • He dismissed Congressional Budget Office projections that 7.8 million to 11 million Americans could lose Medicaid coverage by 2034, calling the estimates inaccurate.
  • Critics including Sen. Elizabeth Warren warn up to 17 million people could lose health insurance under the legislation and call the dietary advice tone-deaf.
  • The law also extends tax cuts and boosts border security funding, intensifying partisan debates over the future of the U.S. social safety net.