Simon Kent 6 Feb 2025
Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now has on-site access to payments and contracting information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which oversees the healthcare coverage to more than one third of Americans, as it seeks to root out embedded deep state fraud and waste.
CMS, a part of the Department of Health and Human Service with 6,710 employees of its own, disbursed $1.5 trillion in outlays in fiscal year 2024, about 22 percent of total federal spending
Musk is in no doubt about what now lies ahead for DOGE as it hunts down those fleecing American taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars, taking to social media and declaring: “Yeah, this is where the big money fraud is happening”
Musk’s team is yet to access the database that includes enrollees personal data and the DOGE access is “read-only,” meaning it cannot make changes to the system but it can pinpoint areas of fraud in the process.
“CMS has two senior Agency veterans — one focused on policy and one focused on operations — who are leading the collaboration with DOGE, including ensuring appropriate access to CMS systems and technology,” CMS said in a statement Wednesday to media sites confirming DOGE access.
“We are taking a thoughtful approach to see where there may be opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources in line with meeting the goals of President Trump.”
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https://www.breitbart.com/health/2025/02/06/musks-doge-chasing-big-money-fraud-with-access-to-medicare-medicaid-payments/
