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Mehmet Oz: “That's happened to 230,000 people last year.”

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

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Dr. Oz discusses running Medicare and Medicaid

Published | Video Starts at 02:53

Well, because if the people don't know they have it, they can't say I don't want that coverage. And these companies, these brokers can charge money for that. That's happened to 230,000 people last year. That's a big number. Imagine almost a quarter of a million people were given insurance secretly double secret probation. They didn't know about it. By people who made money because they're brokers. (02:53–02:57)

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Asserts 230,000 people unknowingly received insurance coverage.

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