Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of CMS, has stated that the Trump administration intends to pour over $200 billion “more dollars” into Medicaid with the adoption of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“I’m trying to save this beautiful program, this noble effort, to help folks, giving them a hand up,” Oz stated on “Face the Nation” over the weekend.
“And as you probably gather, if Medicaid isn’t able to take care of the people for whom it was designed, the young children, the dawn of their life, those who are twilight of their lives, the seniors, and those who were disabled living in the shadows, as Hubert Humphrey said, then we’re not satisfying the fundamental obligation of a moral government,” said the senator.
According to Oz, the 17th CMS administrator, the government is seeking “an appropriate return” on the investment in Medicaid. He talked about how the United States and Europe have different prescription pricing structures and said that the government is trying to lower those prices.
The Trump administration has pledged to make it simpler to obtain health information and track wellbeing by launching a new initiative last week that would let Americans to exchange personal health data and medical records across health institutions and applications run by private tech businesses.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will oversee system upkeep, and authorities have stated that patients would be asked to consent before their protected medical records and data may be shared.
According to those in charge, patients will have an easier time accessing their data using the new system, as it eliminates the typical obstacles, including the need to utilize fax machines to transmit papers, that have previously hindered this process.
While speaking at the White House event, Oz predicted that customers will be able to use their own records to great use.
With over 140 million people enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, CMS already has mountains of data on them. Deportation authorities will have access to the federal agency’s enormous database, which includes residential addresses, according to an agreement made earlier this month.