Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says the Trump administration plans to invest more than $200 billion “more dollars” into Medicaid following the passage 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 told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday.

“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,” he continued.

Oz, the 17th administrator for CMS, said the government wants “an appropriate return” on the Medicaid investment. He addressed the difference in drug costs between the U.S. and Europe, adding that work is being done by the administration in an attempt to bring drug prices down.

Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, speaks during a press conference on health care fraud enforcement at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC on June 30, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP)

Last week, the Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that this will make it easier to access health records and monitor wellness.

CMS will be in charge of maintaining the system, and officials have said patients will need to opt in for the sharing of their medical records and data, which will be kept secure.

Alicia Lester, case manager and Service Coordinator, helps Henry Pedoff fill out a Medicaid and a food stamps application at the LifeNet4Families center on May 14, 2025 in Lauderhill, Florida.  (Joe Raedle)

Those officials said patients will benefit from a system that lets them quickly call up their own records without the hallmark difficulties, such as requiring the use of fax machines to share documents, that have prevented them from doing so in the past.

“We’re going to have remarkable advances in how consumers can use their own records,” Oz said during the White House event.

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 23: Workers from Service Employees International Union (SEIU) protest the proposed Republican Medicaid cuts near the U.S. Capitol building on June 23, 2025, in Washington, DC. The protesters fear that the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would make historic cuts to Medicaid, the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled people that covers 71 million Americans. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle)