Overview

• Dr. Oz told CNBC that able-bodied Medicaid recipients spend about 6.1 hours daily watching television or engaging in leisure activities.
• He framed civic engagement as a moral duty, urging recipients to volunteer, pursue education or seek employment with government support.
• Critics and advocates highlighted that most Medicaid users are already working, elderly or disabled, arguing his remarks misrepresent the program’s beneficiaries.
• Opponents warn that proposed work requirements, reduced expansion matching rates and provider-tax caps could lead to significant coverage losses.
• Congressional Budget Office analyses project millions could lose Medicaid access under the administration’s policy proposals.