Mehmet Oz

Mehmet Oz

Guest Β· 1 Episode

Key ideas from Mehmet Oz

  • Dr. Oz secured deals with Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to provide GLP-1 drugs at $50 copay for Medicare patients and free for Medicaid patients
  • CMS had only 9 engineers out of 6,500 employees when the administration started, running on COBOL infrastructure from the 1970s
  • California charged the federal government $1.5 billion for illegal immigrant healthcare services they weren't allowed to bill for
  • Getting the average American to work one year longer is worth $3 trillion to the U.S. economy through healthcare improvements
  • There are 7 times more hospice centers in California than five years ago, with 100% survival rates indicating fraud
  • 600 companies signed a pledge for healthcare data interoperability and transparency to democratize medical information access
  • Less than 50% of Medicare patients take their free annual wellness exam despite no cost barriers