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Top 10 Troubling Claims Dr. Oz Also Made

FOTP Friday List for . . . September 25th, 2026

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From thenewrepublic.com:

[Dr. Mehmet] Oz, [administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services], claimed that of 23 million people who were signed up for the Affordable Care Act—commonly known as Obamacare—40 percent of enrollees had never actually used their insurance. “It raises, again, the reality that there are many people who are signed up who are getting paid for, but don’t believe they have the insurance, don’t know they have insurance, don’t want the insurance,” Oz said.

Of course, that’s not really how health insurance coverage works: Just because you have it doesn’t mean you actually use it.

“If you raise taxes on billionaires, even a little bit, they’ll have less money for the things they want and need. Sure, they have a lot of money and can easily afford the new tax, especially after decades of tax breaks and loopholes that are available to no other wage earner, but that’s not the point. Billionaires are mostly great people.”

“Many people are choosing between medicine for their children and putting food on the table — and that is their right. Socialists want to take that choice away from people. The Trump administration believes in freedom to spend your money the way you want to.”

“Freedom of the press doesn’t mean that reporters are free to report what they uncover. Show me where in the Constitutional it says they can.”

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