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Dr. Oz offers pointed ‘prescription’ for Joy Behar and co-hosts on The View

May 21, 2026 | | Print Article

Dr. Mehmet Oz delivered a medical update for the seemingly incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome on “The View.”

The administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services weighed in on a recent segment of the ABC daytime talk show after the hosts melted down over President Donald Trump lowering the cost of prescription drugs. Co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin fearmongered that people are “all going to die” with the president’s program, TrumpRx, which launched in February and recently added more than 600 generic drugs to the list.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban was also raked over the coals by the women for joining with Trump in touting the website, setting off a heated debate between multimillionaires Behar, Hostin, and co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin.

“Unfortunately, we still have no medications for Trump Deraangement Syndrome on TrumpRx.gov,” Dr. Oz said, striking a serious tone in a social media post mocking the women of “The View.”

“But we’re working on it,” he promised.

“Billionaire Mark Cuban was a harsh critic of MAGA who campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024, but yesterday he was with you-know-who touting their partnership to expand generic drug coverage,” Whoopi Goldberg said as she set up a clip of Cuban for the segment.

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“First of all, you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas,” Behar sneered after the clip, with Hostin chiming in, “Correct! Correct!”

“And I like Mark Cuban. I’ve always liked him, but this is a mistake, and once Trump puts his name on prescriptions, we’re all going to die! Okay?” Behar ranted. “Do not go there, Mark.”

Farah Griffin tried to insert facts into the fearmongering, pointing out that the drugs “don’t actually have his name. They’re existing drugs. It’s a marketplace for them.”

But Behar continued to discredit the plan, declaring, “If he’s going to take a profit out of it, don’t take it!” as Hostin heartily agreed.

“I agree with you, Joy! He is a failed businessman. And if you heard what he said, he said, we both want to make people wealthy, he didn’t say healthy,” Hostin said. “He said wealthy, which means to me that there’s something in it for him! This is not a well-intentioned person!”

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Farah Griffin’s efforts to inject sanity into the discussion proved fruitless as she asked why they would rather she have to “pay ten times more for my medication” than accept a Trump program.

“The people literally suffering illnesses and cannot pay for their medicine, I can’t think of a sicker business model! Bring down the prices and if you get results on this, call it Donald Trump medicine!” co-host Sara Haines argued.

But Behar and Hostin continued their disinformation and attacked their co-hosts as “so naive.”

Meanwhile, Dr. Oz’s humorous response to the outrage drew plenty of reactions on X.

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