Oz Blasts California Over $1.3 Billion Medicaid Cut as He Alleges Blue-State Fraud
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Oz Blasts California Over $1.3 Billion Medicaid Cut as He Alleges Blue-State Fraud
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 10
Summary
$1.3 billion in California Medicaid reimbursements has been cut by the Trump administration after CMS said it could not verify where some money was going, Mehmet Oz told Fox News Digital.
Oz said some Democratic-led states have turned Medicaid fraud into a "feature," using federally funded care programs to create jobs, boost state tax revenue and, he argued, strengthen unions and Democratic PAC funding.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom was Oz's main target; he said state auditors warned four years ago of widespread fraud, but the governor's response was largely performative and failed to stop it.
JD Vance is now leading a new anti-fraud task force as Oz presses governors to align with the White House, arguing weak state-federal cooperation lets benefit-program fraud persist nationwide.