https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doge-has-found-14-billion-in-medicaid-fraud-waste-and-abuse-dr-mehmet-oz-says-5863586?utm_source=RTNews&src_src=RTNews&utm_campaign=rtbreaking-2025-05-26-1&src_cmp=rtbreaking-2025-05-26-1&utm_medium=email&est=yMSzCTvcIyYx9zwcWzlQx8smquAyadT6To4xVuJNwKgzLm80vVXyvDxaPQ51cmua
The article speaks for itself. Here is a portion of it.
“There’s about $14 billion we’ve identified with DOGE, of folks who are duly enrolled wrongly in multiple states for Medicaid,” Oz told Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
As an example, Oz said: “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.”
There are other areas, he said, that constitute abuse of the federal health care system. He said some people who are eligible to get a job or seek education are receiving Medicaid. Oz echoed statements made by GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.)., who in recent days said that able-bodied individuals and illegal immigrants have received Medicaid benefits.
Oz urged that Medicaid be cleaned up so that it can provide services to individuals such as people with disabilities and others, suggesting that Republicans keep a work requirement to be eligible for the program.
“I think there’s a moral hazard if we don’t, because you’ve got people who are not working who could work, who should work, and it’s better for them and better for the country if they do,” he said.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for certain people with limited income or resources, while Medicare is federal health insurance for people aged 65 and older and some individuals under that age with certain disabilities or conditions.
The bill, which is now in the hands of the Senate, would impose work requirements for low-income adults to receive Medicaid health insurance and would increase those requirements for food assistance. Supporters of the bill say the moves will save money, root out waste, and encourage personal responsibility.
Starting next year, many able-bodied Medicaid enrollees under age 65 would be required to show that they work, volunteer, or go to school in exchange for the health insurance coverage under the measure. Only Arkansas has had a work requirement that kicks people off for noncompliance.
When I worked in the pharmacy, I would see 3-4 generations in one family living off Medicaid. It was a way of living. None of them worked. Medicaid enforced that the kids on Adderal and such drugs received only name brand. The older folks on Medicaid took a lot more medications. Very interesting.
I became a single mother with 2 kids and couldn’t get any assistance. My ex wouldn’t pay me anything. At the time, I worked in retail. I made $13 too much a month to get any help. I could have quit my job and lived off the system. Instead, I got a second job and survived. Sad how the system is so messed up.
Criminally charged whoever gave these illegal dead beats the ACCESS! Period!