From Ebola virus to Trump’s health: President’s health advisor Mehmet Oz briefs White House media
What this video covers
The Economic Times posts a 12-minute edit of CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz’s June 2, 2026 White House briefing: his opening remarks in full, plus the two Q&A exchanges that give the clip its title. Oz walks through most-favored-nation drug pricing, the TrumpRx.gov expansion, the $50 Medicare GLP-1 announcement, and his fraud-enforcement agenda, before reporters press him on President Trump’s health and on Ebola quarantine arrangements near the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Key points
- Oz says the 17 largest pharmaceutical companies agreed to most-favored-nation pricing after the administration argued US prices run about three times those overseas, and he cites a Council of Economic Advisers estimate of $600 billion in savings over 10 years.
- Oz announces 160 more drugs added to TrumpRx.gov — over 750 in total, covering four of five medications Americans buy — and says the free transparency site has had about 12 million unique visitors with an estimated $500 million in savings.
- From July 1, Oz says, eligible Medicare beneficiaries can obtain GLP-1 weight-loss products for $50 a month against list prices well over $1,000, arguing the downstream complications those drugs address — diabetes, hypertension, kidney failure, heart disease, stroke — will save taxpayers money if the drugs are used consistently.
- On fraud, Oz describes a mother-and-adult-daughter autism-services prosecution in Minnesota involving tens of millions of dollars, $350 million in payments deferred to Minnesota, and payments suspended to about 850 California hospices — almost half in the state; he says Minnesota killed its non-emergency medical transportation program after its cost ballooned from about $1 million to over $100 million a year amid fraud.
- Asked what doctors are looking for in Trump’s fourth checkup and his CT heart scans, Oz calls it a routine exam and the president’s cholesterol and blood pressure “spectacular,” adding that Trump showed him records on his TV show a decade ago that impressed him even then.
- On Ebola, Oz argues exposed Americans should not be flown across the world during the critical treatment window — “you have a golden hour” — and expresses confidence the State Department will reach an arrangement with Kenya, noting UK and German facilities as alternatives.