Posted on 04/25/2025 4:57:27 PM PDT by airdalechief
Dr. Mehmet Oz, newly sworn in as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has exposed billions of dollars in fraud, waste, and abuse plaguing America’s healthcare safety nets.
Appearing on America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer, Dr. Oz laid out a clear and urgent mission: protect the most vulnerable — not enrich bureaucrats, fraudsters, and corrupt insiders.
“Right now, my main focus, without any question, is to wage a war on fraud, waste, and abuse — because that’s what’s required. All hands-on deck,” Dr. Oz said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
$1 billion in Medicare funds went to individuals fraudulently registered in multiple states.
$200 million spent on housekeeping services, unrelated to Medicaid’s core mission.
$10 million diverted to student loan repayments, robbing funds from life-saving treatments like gene therapy for sickle cell anemia.
$14 million squandered on DEI initiatives and labor union childcare benefits.
250,000 ineligible individuals registered in the marketplace, siphoning resources.
Oz emphasized these findings aren’t rounding errors — they’re the result of deliberate, organized criminal activity, sometimes even tied to foreign adversaries.
“The $31 million that I know of last week is a great example. We stopped that money — using new technology, modernizing how Medicare and Medicaid work — from even leaving the building because we knew something was fishy about the bills,” said Dr. Oz.
“These aren’t just small mistakes. These are organized criminal efforts to hurt our country, some launched by foreign countries. These are serious issues we are digging into — and that’s why we have this war room.”
GO OZ!!!! GET EM!
The income tax needs to disappear permanently - these people can't be trusted with money.
When did this happen? How did it happen without a lot of Oopla? I didn’t know Dr. Oz was confirmed or considered for anything.... GOOD NEWS....
Crickets chirping….
Obviously, Trump is cutting Medicare benefits!
GOOD FOR DR OZ.
It seems to me the GOPe might have been not just asleep. They knew about this and staid mum, Bush and all the other incompetents. No wonder they all loved Obama, they were on the other team.
I watched him being sworn in, with Pres. Trump there, a couple of days ago.
The whole government needs to be flushed, then restarted to keep it clean.
So this one of the ways by which the deep state has been financing itself.
I received, as did many family members and friends, dozens of COVID test kits un requested. Found out that they are billed to Medicare and no copay. One family member had drawers full of them.
We complained to Medicare directly and told them it was abusive to the program and unwanted merchandise. No one there cared.
Show me medicaid fraud, and I will show you a dusky, tawny foreigner.
The whole government needs to be flushed, then restarted to keep it clean.
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Fire all of them. Use social media accounts to verify new hires. Are you a liar and a cheat? Who do you follow?
Mark
bkmk
But any reductions in fraud spending in CMS will be called assault on Medicaid & social security by Demoncrats.
It won’t register with the population unless a lot of people are arrested.
I remember hearing, about a decade ago, that there were only 18 fraud investigators for the entire country.
And… so? Did you win a prize?
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