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Mehmet Oz: “This one big beautiful bill was so important. It actually…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Dr. Mehmet Oz on state of U.S. health care amid government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

If the American people want us to pay for illegal immigrants getting medical care, I'll happily dispense those dollars for from Washington. But until we do that, I should not be doing that very thing. And that's why This one big beautiful bill was so important. It actually prevents people like me because there'll be future generations of CMS administrators from doling out money coming into the government from one state that doesn't allow illegal immigrant Medicaid funding to another state that decides they want to do it. Dr. Oz, we're going to continue this conversation not on this topic, but on pharmacy benefit managers Trump RX and Cost plus which is, as you know, we run by Mark Cuban. (04:58–05:14)

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Asserts that the bill prevents federal Medicaid funds from being used for illegal immigrants in states that prohibit it.

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