Dr. Oz sparks backlash claiming Trump plan aims to make Americans work longer

Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz drew swift criticism Wednesday for claiming that a key goal of Donald Trump’s healthcare plan is to keep Americans healthy enough to work an extra year, which he argued would boost the U.S. economy by $3 trillion. Speaking on Fox Business, Oz framed healthcare as a tool to maximize productivity rather than improve quality of life, prompting backlash from journalists, economists, and political strategists who called his comments tone-deaf and out of touch with working-class realities. Critics highlighted that millions of Americans already juggle multiple jobs just to survive, while questioning the plausibility of Oz’s $3 trillion claim and deriding his framing of human lives primarily as economic units.

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