Today's Video Headlines: 01/28/26
Dr. Oz claims to have uncovered rampant health care fraud in California , declaring he’s found a whopping 42 hospices in just a four block radius. Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid , posted a video Tuesday cruising through Van Nuys, pointing to medical buildings plastered with Armenian writing and claiming they’re tied to a multibillion-dollar hospice and home-care fraud scheme.
Dr. Oz claims there are “42 Hospices” in a four block radius in the Van Nuys neighborhood in Los Angeles.“In this four block area in Los Angeles, there are 42 hospices,” Dr. Oz said, “So, either there are a lot of people dying here, or you got a fraudulent activity that is so good everyone wants to get in on it.”for cosplaying as a “fraud fighter,” and pushed back on his claims that Los Angeles County has become the “epicenter of health care fraud in America.” Sicko teacher sent student nauseating texts — before they had depraved hours-long sex marathon: report Deadly bomb cyclone headed straight for NYC — and could batter Northeast with even more snow, colder temps“Amazing to watch Dr. Oz cosplay as a fraud fighter for an effort the STATE launched years ago — back when he was busy pitching ‘miracle’ horse supplements to insomniacs on late-night TV,” Newsom’s office said in a social media post Tuesday. Dr. Oz announced earlier this month that the Trump administration was cracking down on health care fraud in California, claiming a network run by“They’ve got 100,000 patients who they’ve tricked or paid to give them their beneficiary numbers so they can perpetuate the fraud and then the criminals are just running the whole organization and quickly scurrying away when law enforcement does get around to prosecute them,” Dr. Oz said. , the CMS Administrator has not revealed any new or specific cases that have stemmed from the investigation – only referring to fraud cases that have already been tried. Newsom refuted claims of massive fraud, and underscored his decision in 2022 to ban all new hospices as well as revoke more than 280 licenses to combat fraud and abuse in the industry. “Our office is reviewing reports that Dr. Mehmet Oz targeted the Armenian American community in Southern California recently — making racially charged claims of fraud outside Armenian owned businesses, including a popular bakery,” Newsom’s press office The office appeared make an oblique suggestion that Oz’s Turkish heritage played a role in the facilities he pointed out as taking part in the emerging alleged fraud scheme.“Given the historic sensitivities involved, we are taking these allegations seriously,” Newsom’s office said. “Any and all acts of hate have no place in California.” Dr. Oz said crooks are cheating taxpayers to the tune of $3.5 billion in Hospice and Home Care fraud schemes, and vowed the Trump administration “is not going to tolerate this anymore.” Sicko teacher sent student nauseating texts -- before they had depraved hours-long sex marathon: report Deadly bomb cyclone headed straight for NYC — and could batter Northeast with even more snow, colder tempsAlex Pretti was 'known' to feds, and had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border Patrol
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