In a bold first move as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz has launched an all-out offensive on fraud, waste, and abuse within America’s largest health safety net programs—uncovering billions in corruption that has long siphoned resources away from the nation’s most vulnerable.
Appearing on America’s Newsroom with Bill Hemmer, Dr. Oz issued a stark warning: “This is a war.” And under President Trump’s direct orders to ‘love and cherish Medicare and Medicaid,’ Oz has established a CMS war room to identify, intercept, and prosecute fraudulent activity at an unprecedented scale.
Billions Wasted — War Room Activated
Dr. Oz’s war room has already flagged a massive wave of illicit spending:
- $1 billion in Medicare funds funneled to individuals registered in multiple states
- $200 million misused for housekeeping services, far outside Medicaid’s core purpose
- $10 million secretly routed to student loan repayments
- $14 million burned on DEI initiatives and union childcare perks
- Over 250,000 ineligible individuals fraudulently registered through Obamacare exchanges
“These aren’t rounding errors,” Oz said. “These are deliberate, coordinated criminal efforts—sometimes even tied to foreign adversaries—to weaken our healthcare system.”
He pointed to a specific case last week:
“We blocked $31 million from ever going out the door. The data flagged it. The system is working. That’s what this war room is all about.”
Schumer and AOC Lash Out, Accuse Trump Team of ‘Sabotage’
Democrats are already lashing out at Dr. Oz’s fraud crackdown.
- Sen. Chuck Schumer accused the Trump administration of favoring “billionaires over the sick.”
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed Trump and Oz were “gutting veterans’ benefits and Medicaid.”
Oz dismissed the rhetoric as desperate and dishonest:
“President Trump told me personally—and said it publicly—he wants to ‘love and cherish Medicare and Medicaid.’ That’s our North Star. What threatens these programs isn’t oversight—it’s fraud and waste draining them dry.”
A New Era of Healthcare Accountability
Dr. Oz emphasized that the mission is not to cut care—but to save it for those who need it most:
“The existential threat to Medicaid isn’t audits or oversight. It’s spending it into the ground, leaving nothing for the poor children, pregnant women, elderly, and disabled who depend on it.”
With modernized technology, real-time monitoring, and a zero-tolerance mandate from the White House, CMS under Dr. Oz is poised to become a national model of reform—and a nightmare for those who profit from fraud.
The Bottom Line
Dr. Oz has declared war on the bureaucrats, bad actors, and criminal networks leeching off the American taxpayer. Backed by President Trump’s ironclad commitment to protect Medicare and Medicaid, Oz is turning CMS into a fortress of accountability.
Billions are at stake. Vulnerable Americans are depending on it. And the war room is just getting started.