‘We’re Not Cutting Medicaid’: Dr. Oz Seems To Confirm Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Will Not Cut Program

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), suggested in an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns that the president’s “one big, beautiful bill” will not cut Medicaid.

“We’re not cutting Medicaid,” Oz told Burns, adding that both his and Trump’s goal is to “save Medicaid.” The prominent administration official’s statement comes as Democrats allege that Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package would cut the six-decade-old entitlement program — and some Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns as well.

“I’ve seen the proposals. There is no proposal I’ve seen, in fact, in fairness, that doesn’t increase spending on Medicaid,” Oz stated.

“If you read the actual language that we’re working with, it is designed for one major purpose: to allow the president of the United States and the governors who run the states to align on what we should be doing for the most vulnerable members of the population,” Oz said in a clip of the interview provided by Politico.

In the interview, set to release in full on Sunday’s episode of Politico’s “The Conversation,” Oz seemed to assuage concerns of some GOP senators, including Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. The populist lawmaker wrote