The Trump administration is once again zeroing in on government waste, fraud, and abuse—this time shining a harsh spotlight on Los Angeles County, where alarming indicators suggest Medicare and Medicaid may be bleeding billions due to systemic exploitation of the healthcare system.
At the center of the renewed scrutiny is Dr. Mehmut Oz, now serving as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Alongside Trump officials, Dr. Oz has begun sounding the alarm on what many conservatives have long warned about: California’s healthcare bureaucracy has become a magnet for fraudsters who know how to game a broken system.
According to reporting by FOX News, one Los Angeles-based physician reportedly billed the federal government an eye-popping $120 million in a single year, while claiming to oversee approximately 1,900 patients during that same time period. For comparison, medical professionals say managing even a fraction of that number would be nearly impossible under legitimate circumstances.
That staggering case is not an outlier—it appears to be part of a much larger pattern.
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