Bloomberg Talks

Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, discusses health care fraud and says more than $20 billion identified by the Treasury Department in suspected health care fraud and money laundering could double the life of the Medicare trust fund. Dr. Oz also says more drug pricing deals are in the works and calls on Congress to codify the administration’s most favored nation pricing agreements. Oz spoke with Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz.
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright discusses the surge in fuel prices and says it is being driven less by crude itself than by a shortage of refining capacity. Wright also says the Trump administration intends to expand US refining capacity and expects gasoline prices to ease in the coming weeks, though he calls diesel a bigger challenge. Wright spoke with Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz.
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Ray Washburne, Co-Chair of the Republican Midterm Convention speaks with Bloomberg's Kailey Leinz and Julie Fine.
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US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says she is not running for Texas governor or a Senate seat for now. “That is a ‘no’ right now for sure,” Rollins said while speaking to Bloomberg Television from the Republican midterm convention in Dallas. She is attending the event in her personal capacity.
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Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, discusses US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's push to support the Japanese yen, calling the threat to weaken the dollar "credible" but "very shortsighted." Speaking with Bloomberg's Stephen Carroll and Caroline Hepker, Posen examines the thinking behind the Trump administration's currency policy, rising bond yields and $100 dollar oil prices, as well as mounting fiscal and political risks across the US and Europe.
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