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Mehmet Oz: “We identified that they've hijacked, in particular, a…”

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

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Vice President Vance and Administrator Oz Announce Actions to Address Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

Published | Video Starts at 10:20

So it's our duty to preserve Medicaid. And what we're going to do is identify the scammers, which we have done in Minnesota. We identified that they've hijacked, in particular, a certain part of the Minnesota Medicaid system, said differently. And I'll just put the numbers out there, it's going to be $259 million of deferred payments for Medicaid to Minnesota. which we're announcing as I speak to Governor Waltz and his team, that's based on an audit of the last three months of 2025, restated. (10:20–10:35)

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