U.S. President Donald Trump and Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz attend a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
After President Donald Trump passed his 2026 budget bill, significant cuts to Medicaid are on the horizon — and Dr. Mehmet Oz is handing out advice to those fearful about the future: don't eat carrot cake.
Fox Business spoke to Oz on Monday about his role as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The former TV doctor said that programs like Medicare and Medicaid "were a promise to the American people to take care of you if you're having problems financially or you're having an issue because you're older and need healthcare."
"We're all in it together," Oz told Stuart Varney.
Democrats have attacked the bill as giving a tax cut to billionaires on the backs of Medicaid recipients.
"We'll be there for you when you need help with Medicare and Medicaid, but you've got to stay healthy as well. Be vital. Do the most that you can do to really live up to the potential, the God given potential, to live a full and healthy life. You know, don't eat carrot cake. Eat real food."
Ironically. Dr. Oz brought Varney a carrot cake that was sitting between the two men.
Varney gestured to him, chuckling, "but you've given me..."
Dr. Oz said he was "jokingly calling it the MAHA Medi-cake." MAHA is the new slogan from Trump officials, standing for "Make America Healthy Again."
"I couldn't find a healthy cake, so I brought the closest thing, a carrot cake," said Oz.
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