Key Highlights
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr.
- Mehmet Oz on Friday warned Minnesota Gov.
- Tim Walz that the state could lose federal Medicaid funding unless it restores "the integrity" of its program.
- In a post on X, Oz claimed that more than $1 billion had been stolen through a massive Medicaid fraud scheme carried out by "bad actors" within Minnesota’s Somali community, alleging that some of the funds "may have even made its way to the Somalian terrorist group Al-Shebab.""Our staff at CMS told me they’ve never seen anything like this in Medicaid — and everyone from Gov.
- Tim Walz on down needs to be investigated, because they’ve been asleep at the wheel," Oz said.
