In a stunning revelation that could send shockwaves through the American healthcare system, Elon Musk has claimed that his team, working under President Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has discovered $100 billion in wasted taxpayer money within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Musk, who has been outspoken about government inefficiency, made the explosive claim late Thursday night on X (formerly Twitter), stating: “They wasted $100B of taxpayer money!” This comes after his team, along with two senior CMS officials, was given read-only access to CMS’s payment and contracting systems—critical components that manage healthcare for nearly one in four Americans.
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Massive Waste and Potential Fraud in the System
According to CMS, two high-ranking agency veterans—one specializing in policy and the other in operations—have been overseeing the DOGE team’s work. The agency confirmed this collaboration in a statement to Reuters, noting that Musk’s team was assisting in the effort to “identify opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources.”
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