Sep 15, 2025
Sep 15, 2025
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Dr. Mehmet Oz: Fixing Medicare, Medicaid & America’s Health Crisis
‘From Inside The White House, Scott Hennen sits down with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to discuss the future of American health care, the cost of medical care, prevention vs. treatment, and how President Trump’s policies are reshaping Medicare and Medicaid.’
00:00 - Introducing Dr. Mehmet Oz at CMS 00:30 - Visiting Mount Rushmore & Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy 01:50 - Health begins at home, not in hospitals 02:30 - America’s costly health care crisis 04:00 - The obesity epidemic & processed food problem 05:40 - Real food, real health 06:05 - Should Medicare & Medicaid merge? 07:00 - State flexibility & waivers in Medicaid 08:12 - Reforming the system from the inside 09:13 - Streamlining government for health care reform 10:01 - How real change happens in Washington 11:11 - Prevention as patriotic duty 12:21 - Agriculture, food processing & public health 13:25 - The promise of hyperbaric oxygen therapy 16:57 - Why medical data belongs to patients 18:09 - Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” & Medicaid reform 20:46 - Work requirements with built-in compassion 22:22 - Dr. Oz on leadership & Teddy Roosevelt’s grit 22:48 - A personal story about President Trump
*The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests in this show are not necessarily the views of Children’s Health Defense.