Democrats are busy fearmongering and predicting widespread tragedy that would emanate from the “Big Beautiful Bill” if it passes, but they should maybe think about taking a deep breath and listening to what Dr. Mehmet Oz has to say. They claim that the evil GOP wants to take away healthcare for the elderly and the disadvantaged with the measure, but Republicans counter that what they are really trying to do is get rid of the eye-opening waste and fraud that programs like Medicaid and Medicare are victims of.
And there’s a whole lot of grift going on, according to Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the Trump administration. Appearing on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo, he said there’s at least $14 billion in fraudulent activity in Medicaid alone:
“There’s about $14 billion we’ve identified with DOGE, of folks who are duly enrolled wrongly in multiple states for Medicaid,” Oz said on this week’s “Sunday Morning Futures.
“You live in New Jersey, but you move to Pennsylvania, and which state gets your Medicaid? Turns out both states collect money from the federal government.”
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Oz continued, saying the reforms being considered are not intended to hurt those who legitimately rely on the programs—they’re intended to help them:
Oz… urged that Medicaid be “clean[ed] up” so it serves the people it was initially designed to assist – those at the dawn or twilight of their life, those “living in the shadows,” and those with disabilities who are unable to receive access to care because of others “clawing at the cloth” of the system.
As our Nick Arama wrote earlier Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson relayed a similar message:
Johnson torpedoed the Democratic narrative about cutting Medicaid, saying that wasn’t happening: “There’s a lot of misinformation out there.”
What Republicans were doing, he said, was ensuring there wasn’t fraud, that it would not be going to illegal aliens and to able-bodied individuals who it wasn’t supposed to be for.
You know that is going to make Democrats lose their minds, but cutting fraud, waste, and abuse isn’t “cutting” — indeed, it’s ensuring that the program remains viable for the people who do qualify for it. Medicaid isn’t intended for the 1.4 million illegal aliens who are on it, Johnson noted; it’s supposed to be for our citizens who need it.
None of that will stop Democrats from whining, though, because waste, fraud and abuse are just fine with them if anyone in the Trump administration is trying to eliminate it:
The Democrats are more than happy to live with $14 billion in fraud in one program alone if it means stopping Trump from getting a victory.
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