Dr. Mehmet Oz is wasting no time shaking up Washington’s bloated healthcare bureaucracy. Now officially sworn in as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under President Trump’s second term, Dr. Oz has declared open season on fraud, waste, and abuse—and the numbers he’s uncovering are enough to make your blood boil.
Appearing on America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer, Dr. Oz laid it out plainly: “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.” Finally, someone at CMS who’s not interested in protecting the D.C. status quo.
Under President Trump’s clear directive to “love and cherish Medicare and Medicaid,” Dr. Oz has launched a full-fledged “war room” to hunt down the parasites bleeding these programs dry. And the early returns are jaw-dropping. In just a matter of weeks, Dr. Oz’s team has flagged tens of billions of dollars in fraud and misuse, from duplicate Medicare registrations across states, to DEI nonsense and union childcare payouts totally unrelated to healthcare.
To put a finer point on it:
- $1 billion wasted on individuals fraudulently registered in multiple states.
- $200 million blown on housekeeping services.
- $10 million misdirected to student loan repayments instead of life-saving treatments.
- $14 million down the drain on DEI initiatives.
- 250,000 ineligible people siphoning off marketplace resources.
And Democrats have the nerve to call this “caring for the vulnerable”? Give me a break.
Dr. Oz made it crystal clear: this isn’t about cutting benefits for the elderly, children, or the disabled. It’s about stopping organized criminals—sometimes with ties to foreign adversaries—from looting the American taxpayer. Just last week, $31 million in fraudulent claims were stopped cold before the money even left CMS, thanks to new technology and real oversight.
Of course, predictably, clowns like Chuck Schumer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are screeching about “gutting” Medicare and Medicaid. Schumer claims Trump’s team only cares about the “billionaire class” (hilarious coming from a guy who’s been on Wall Street’s payroll for decades), and AOC is back to fearmongering about cuts that aren’t happening.
Dr. Oz shut them down: “The existential threat is spending it into the ground so we don’t have the resources to take care of our most vulnerable.”
Imagine that—saving Medicare and Medicaid by actually protecting it from corruption. That’s the America First way.
Get all the waste and all the people that are abusing the system out of Medicare and Medicaid and there will be enough money to last double what they say it was going to last.
The Government leeches have been raiding Medicare for decades. That’s where the money has been going. We are not going to stand for your deceit anymore. Defund the IRS and ATF.