Dr. Mehmet Oz

Good to see you again, Ben.

Ben, this is about putting patients first.

It's about making sure we put patients in front of profits and other pure in self-interest that's hindered our healthcare system.

So we wanna slash drug prices.

We wanna bring insurance premiums down.

We wanna make sure that we hold insurance companies accountable and we want the whole system to be transparent because Ben, for a marketplace to work, the buyers need to know what they're actually getting.

What does it cost?

What's the quality, et cetera.

So let's walk through these.

Issue number one, drug prices.

What we don't want to do is to cap prices, which would drop productivity, reduce the number of innovative solutions that will cure cancer and drive Alzheimer's back and deal with all the crises that hurt the American people.

Because the number one thing the president has said all along is keep us innovative, keep America on the cutting edge, because he knows that the big opportunity

is to get Americans to want to work a little longer because they're so healthy, they're so vital, they're so productive.

They want to still stay engaged with society.

So that drives trillions of dollars into the US economy.

So how do we balance those two needs, keeping America healthy and vital and strong and making sure that we can afford it?

Well, the president argued that it's feasible because

Right now, we spend three times more than our European counterparts for the exact same drug, made in the same factory, bottled in the same place.

And that doesn't make any sense.

And so we went to the pharmaceutical companies and said, hey, look at me in the eyes.