The Katie Miller Podcast Dr. Oz & Lisa Oz on Minnesota Fraud, Health Trends, & Transgender Surgeries | KMP Ep. 27
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Feb 17, 2026 
Lisa Oz, author and integrative wellness commentator, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, cardiothoracic surgeon and CMS administrator, join for a wide-ranging conversation. They discuss Minnesota Medicaid fraud and systemic program integrity failures. They cover drug pricing, onshoring supply chains, stopping federal funding for child gender surgeries, health trends like intermittent fasting, and personal stories from public life.
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Crisis Of Meaning Drives Mental-Health Burden
- America faces a crisis of meaning that drives loneliness and complex mental-health problems.
- Rebuilding social connection is essential because many mental-health issues resist medication and surgical fixes.
Make Social Rituals Your Default
- Do prioritize regular, low-risk social rituals like shared dinners to strengthen bonds and mental health.
- Avoid making harmful behaviors (alcohol for breakfast, late-night binge eating) your default coping mechanism.
Program Integrity Erosion Enabled Fraud
- Mehmet Oz found purposeful neglect and political patronage allowed Medicaid program integrity to erode.
- Weak auditing and a reluctance to scrutinize eligibility enabled large-scale fraud.