Dr. Oz welcomes move by states to reduce migrant health coverage

[Eugene]

Source: News Nation

Dr. Oz welcomes move by states to reduce migrant health coverage

Michael Ramsey
Updated: Jun 21, 2025 / 06:08 AM CDT

• Three blue states make moves to cut migrant medical care
• Development comes as Trump admin eyes Medicaid cuts
• Mehmet Oz: Program is for vulnerable American citizens

(NewsNation) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor who oversees Medicaid and Medicare for the Trump administration, welcomes the move by a trio of blue states — California, Illinois and Minnesota — to freeze or reduce health care benefits for undocumented migrants.

He told “CUOMO” on Friday that some states broadened their public medical programs to include migrants because they could leverage federal dollars to pay for it, but Medicaid is supposed to be reserved for the most vulnerable Americans.

“If we extend it to illegal immigrants without keeping tabs of what those costs are — and especially if we have a system that encourages states to do legalized money laundering, to push more money towards able-bodied individuals — the dollar doesn’t stretch that far. You end up bankrupting the whole system,” the former TV host said Friday.

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes suspending new health care enrollment for undocumented adults, although existing patients would continue to receive some coverage.

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Read more: https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/dr-oz-medicaid-undocumented-migrants/

[Dave Bowman]

1. He's such a nasty quack, a despicable crook.

[marble falls]

2. How is he protecting us by exposing us to ill and untreated immigrants? And they are not illegal, they are undocumented.