US EditionDr. Oz Slams California as ‘Worst Offender’ in $1.8 Billion Medicaid Scandal: Withholds $300 Million From State
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Dr. Oz: States Spending Medicaid Funds on Illegal Immigrants ‘Worse Than We Thought’
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has uncovered more Medicaid funds unlawfully spent on health care for illegal immigrants, reaching $1.8 billion in eight states, Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced on Jan. 14. “It’s worse than we thought,” Oz posted on X. Spending federal Medicaid funds on non-emergency health care for illegal immigrants is against the law, according to CMS. If states use their own money to do it, the state…
Dr. Oz Slams California as ‘Worst Offender’ in $1.8 Billion Medicaid Scandal: Withholds $300 Million From State
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced on X that audits have uncovered over $1.8 billion in unlawful federal Medicaid spending on non-emergency health care for illegal immigrants across eight states—with California leading the pack as the “worst offender,” including a staggering $1.31 billion from California alone, dwarfing the totals from Illinois, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and other states comb…
On January 14, Dr. Mehmet Oz, director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced that the center had discovered that more states were using Medicaid funds for non-emergency medical care for undocumented immigrants, involving eight states and totaling $1.8 billion. "The situation is more serious than we thought," Oz posted on the X platform. ...
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