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Mehmet Oz: “A lot of the arguments made by the Democrats are all falling…”

Featuring: Mehmet Oz, Republican | Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | National

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Dr. Mehmet Oz on state of U.S. health care amid government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 00:45

I'm not sure what he's talking about. There's no program that I'm aware of that's going to lead to the death of 50,000Americans. But what I will tell you is that A lot of the arguments made by the Democrats are all falling flat because the more we investigate their claims that there was no fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid. for example, which was a major focus of the one big beautiful bill this now called, you know, the working families tax cut legislation that the Senate passed, Bernie Sanders … (00:45–00:55)

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Asserts that investigations have found fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid despite Democratic claims to the contrary.

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