Elon Musk's DOGE Moves On to Wasteful Spending 'Motherlode': 'This Is Where the Big Money Fraud Is Happening'
Story by Jack Davis • 15h
Going where the money is, aides to Elon Musk are now focused on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as they seek to root out waste and fraud in the federal government.
Musk is the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, an advisory group created by President Donald Trump to launch intrusive investigations into the operations of the federal bureaucracy and agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has come under fire for its free-spending ways.
As an outside agency, DOGE does not make policy decisions but offers ammunition to Trump appointees, who then use its data to close loopholes, increase efficiency, and reduce waste.
A report in the Wall Street Journal, citing sources it did not name, said DOGE analysts have burrowed their way into key systems that involve Medicare and Medicaid payments and contracting.
Musk acknowledged the report in a post on social media platform X.
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