1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,240 Musk says his Doge team uncovered $100 billion in Medicare and Medicaid waste aft... 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,439 access to the system. 3 00:00:09,439 --> 00:00:14,120 In a bombshell revelation that could shake the foundations of American healthcare, Elon 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,559 Musk, leading the charge under President Trump's newly-minted Department of Governm... 5 00:00:18,559 --> 00:00:24,080 or DOGE, has uncovered what he describes as a staggering $100 billion of taxpayer money 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:29,080 wasted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. 7 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:33,359 On Wednesday, Musk's team, along with two senior veterans from the agency, has been 8 00:00:33,359 --> 00:00:37,879 meticulously reviewing the CMS' payment and contracting systems, which are crucial for 9 00:00:37,879 --> 00:00:42,879 managing health insurance for approximately one in every four Americans, according to 10 00:00:42,879 --> 00:00:44,519 Far Left USA Today. 11 00:00:44,519 --> 00:00:50,519 CMS has two senior agency veterans, one focused on policy and one focused on... 12 00:00:50,519 --> 00:00:56,039 are leading the collaboration with DOGE, including ensuring appropriate access to C... 13 00:00:56,039 --> 00:00:59,960 and technology, the agency said in a statement to Reuters. 14 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:04,120 The DOGE team was granted read-only access to the system. 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,680 Their mission, as outlined by Andrew G. Nixon, the HHS Director of Communications,... 16 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:15,379 identify, quote, opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources i... 17 00:01:15,379 --> 00:01:17,439 with President Trump's efficiency agenda. 18 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:21,700 However, the narrative has quickly escalated from efficiency to accusations of rampant 19 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:23,900 waste and potential fraud. 20 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:28,740 This is where the big money fraud is happening, Musk tweeted on Wednesday in... 21 00:01:28,740 --> 00:01:34,560 a post suggesting that aides using DOGE are searching the Medicare agency payment systems 22 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:35,900 for fraud. 23 00:01:35,900 --> 00:01:41,900 However, the most explosive claim came later on Thursday night when Musk tweeted, quote, 24 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:46,660 they wasted $100 billion of taxpayer money. 25 00:01:46,660 --> 00:01:47,660 What was he talking about? 26 00:01:47,660 --> 00:01:53,560 Well, this revelation comes as CMS processes over 1 billion Medicare claims annually... 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,100 health care quality through hospital and nursing home inspections and disperses... 28 00:01:58,100 --> 00:02:01,659 in matching funds to states for Medicaid programs. 29 00:02:01,659 --> 00:02:09,060 Now, Medicare covers currently about 68 million Americans, primarily those over 65... 30 00:02:09,060 --> 00:02:16,020 with disabilities, while Medicaid serves approximately 73 million low-income citizens. 31 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:23,560 According to the CMS, from June 24 through October 24, CMS suspended 850 agents and 32 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:28,180 brokers marketplace agreements for reasonable suspicion of fraudulent or abusive conduct 33 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:32,520 related to unauthorized enrollments or unauthorized plan switches. 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:38,120 These agents and brokers are now prohibited from participating in marketplace enrollment, 35 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,760 including receiving related commissions. 36 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:45,040 The Department of Justice has also been active in combating health care fraud. 37 00:02:45,039 --> 00:02:49,340 In recent years, the average loss associated with the schemes prosecuted by the health 38 00:02:49,340 --> 00:02:52,419 care fraud unit has steadily risen. 39 00:02:52,419 --> 00:02:58,219 In June of 24, the Department of Justice announced charges against 193 defendants,... 40 00:02:58,219 --> 00:03:03,340 76 medical professionals for their alleged involvement in fraudulent schemes, amounting 41 00:03:03,340 --> 00:03:07,539 to approximately $2.75 billion in false claims. 42 00:03:07,539 --> 00:03:14,099 Since 2007, the health care fraud unit has charged more than 5,400 defendants with... 43 00:03:14,099 --> 00:03:21,319 billing Medicare, Medicaid and private health insurers more than $27 billion. 44 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:26,879 DOGE from its inception was hyped to come in and decimate the scandalous spending and 45 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:29,919 total misappropriation of taxpayer funds. 46 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:35,120 And Elon Musk and his team have come in and lived up to all of those expectations and, 47 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,759 in many ways, far exceeded them. 48 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:44,079 Now, while some may be questioning the tactics employed, the results really canno... 49 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,000 What we've seen in the initial period of the Trump administration and the newly formed 50 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,900 DOGE department is nothing short of mind-boggling. 51 00:03:51,900 --> 00:03:57,880 The absolute web of NGOs, initiatives that do not benefit Americans or anyone, really, 52 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,600 could only be described as the biggest scandal potentially in US history. 53 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,960 The evidence of complete theft committed against the American people is on display ... 54 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,840 world to see. 55 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,920 And what this is achieving as a byproduct is other countries asking for the same... 56 00:04:14,119 --> 00:04:19,079 In fact, the opposition leader in Australia, Peter Dutton, running for Prime Minister t... 57 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:21,639 has put a similar initiative on the table. 58 00:04:21,639 --> 00:04:24,800 Now while Australia has its own problems, and we'll get into that a bit later in the 59 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:29,879 broadcast and certainly Peter Dutton is one of those problems, there is no doubt in... 60 00:04:29,879 --> 00:04:34,360 mind that a department the likes of DOGE is long overdue. 61 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,839 When reflecting on the amount of taxes that populations pay versus population numbers 62 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:44,279 in the workforce versus taxes upon taxes on products and services, it's absolutely 63 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:49,639 endless and countries like the US, Australia, Canada, the UK should be in a position where 64 00:04:49,639 --> 00:04:56,319 virtually every citizen is wealthy and the country is absolutely immaculate in its... 65 00:04:56,319 --> 00:04:59,239 DOGE has uncovered why it is not. 66 00:04:59,239 --> 00:05:03,859 The one thing we should expect now is major reform, absolute transparency over tax and 67 00:05:03,859 --> 00:05:08,120 total reform around it, and you can be sure that there will be a microscope on every 68 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,040 tax dollar spent and government initiative going forward. 69 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,879 The most important aspect to this reform, however, needs to be a populace that is... 70 00:05:16,879 --> 00:05:21,840 informed about the way forward and about the systems and processes being implemented, and 71 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:28,600 ultimately, the people need to have assurance that all of this will have total and absolute 72 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,879 human oversight. 73 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:33,079 How well do you sleep 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