Dr. Mehmet Oz, now serving as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is stepping into a fight that matters to every budget-conscious family in America. Confirmed by the Senate earlier this year, Oz inherits a broken system that has been allowed to bloat, mismanage, and mistreat taxpayers for decades while Washington elites shrug.
On Newsmax’s The Record with Greta Van Susteren, Oz laid out blunt goals: reduce the cost of care and explore better ways to pay so patients get value instead of endless paperwork and higher premiums. What he’s proposing is common-sense medicine — move away from rewarding volume and toward rewarding outcomes — something both patients and small businesses have demanded for years.
Americans should welcome a CMS chief willing to call out fraud, waste, and abuse; those were central themes of Oz’s confirmation messaging and public interviews. For too long, Democrats and their insurance cronies have protected a one-size-fits-none status quo while Medicare and Medicaid dollars leak out the back door; Oz is promising to stop the hemorrhage and put money back into care.
The practical reforms Oz discussed are exactly the kind conservatives have pushed for — price transparency, competition, and payment reforms that reward prevention and keep the patient at the center. Shifting incentives away from fee-for-service and toward value-based arrangements won’t be easy politically, but it’s the only responsible path to lower premiums and sustainable programs for our children and grandchildren.
Washington will fight these changes tooth and nail; entrenched interests profit from complexity and opacity. Conservatives should not be timid: support bold steps that prioritize hardworking Americans, protect traditional Medicare where it works, and use targeted innovation to help rural hospitals and community providers survive and thrive under smarter funding.
This moment is a test of whether conservative governance means reform, accountability, and results — or merely swapping names while the same broken system lingers. If Dr. Oz follows through, he can deliver real relief to families crushed by rising health costs; if the swamp pushes back, citizens must hold their leaders to account and demand a healthcare system that serves patients, not profit margins.
