The celebrity doctor overseeing Medicaid suggested that recipients in the program spend too much time watching TV.

Aug 14, 2025 | Media

President Donald Trump’s favorite celebrity doctor is telling Medicaid recipients to get off their couch. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Trump-appointed administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on Thursday suggested that low-income Americans enrolled in the program are bums who spend their hours watching TV. “An able-bodied person on Medicaid today watches about 6.1 hours of television or just hangs out, leisure time,” he said on CNBC. “That’s a lot of time.”

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