Dr. Mehmet Oz Says Obamacare Enrollment Numbers Are ‘Too High’

‘The fact that we have 23 million makes me think we have too many participants’ in the health care program, he said in a recent interview.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 16, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), said that enrollment for Obamacare programs may be “too high” and signaled that some people should not be enrolled.

During an interview with NBC News published on Monday, Oz said some people on Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, plans shouldn’t be enrolled in the program.