Dr. Oz, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, announced yesterday that the government now plans to invest more than $200 billion “more dollars” into Medicaid following the passage of President Trump’s “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 US and Europe, adding that work is being done by the administration in an attempt to bring drug prices down.

Watch Oz’s entire segment on Medicaid here —

Last week during a White House event, 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.

CMS officials said patients will benefit from a system that lets them quickly call up their own records without logistical difficulties, like requiring the use of fax machines to share documents.

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