Dr Mehmet Oz, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, has said that improving Americans' health could add as much as $1 trillion to the country's GDP. Speaking to Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair in Washington, DC, Oz argued that cutting healthcare costs while helping people remain active and productive for longer is central to boosting both individual wellbeing and the wider economy, drawing on lessons learned during his time in the Trump administration.

Oz linked healthier retirement habits, such as staying physically active and engaged, to keeping older Americans productive for longer, which he said would ease pressure on healthcare spending while strengthening economic output. He framed the $1 trillion figure as the potential national gain from wider adoption of such habits, positioning preventative health measures as an economic as well as a medical priority.