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Mehmet Oz: “We would double the life expectancy of the Medicare trust…”

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

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The Missing Piece in Value-Based Care: Reaching the Sickest Patients with Dr. Oz & Amy Gleason

Published | Video Starts at 16:42

Wasted abuse restricts about $100 billion out of the healthcare system, is driving an affordability crisis. If you're worried about Medicare being there for you when you retire, and many Americans are, We would double the life expectancy of the Medicare trust fund if we could deal with the fraud in the system. But to do that, you actually have to do two things. You've got to use technology, which is what Amy will speak to in a second. (16:42–16:48)

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Claims that addressing fraud could double the Medicare trust fund's life expectancy.

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