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“In the beautiful city of New York and surrounding New York state, we know that there are a lot of people who are providing services that we don’t think are legitimate, that are costing the taxpayers a lot of money,” said Oz, who heads the US Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, on 77 WABC’s “Cats Roundtable” program.
“That ends up not only hurting taxpayers, but it hurts the actual people who are vulnerable. … who need these services,” he told host John Catsimatidis.costs a lot of money that has stripped the guts out of the affordability of these systems,” the celebrity doc said.Inside the rotting skeleton of Epstein's 'Lolita Express' — that still holds dark clues about perv's abusesOz did not provide specifics, but his office is probing aspects of New York’s massive program, an insider told The Post.insurance program for the needy, and New York has among the most generous programs in the country, covering services provided in hospitals, nursing homes and a growing home-care industry amid an aging population. More than 6.8 million New Yorkers — 34% of the state’s population — are currently covered by Medicaid. As The Post recently reported, a 2022 federal audit accused New York drivers of swiping up to $196 million from a badly managed Medicaid transportation program through rides that “did not meet or may not have met Medicaid requirements.”state allegedly lost $1.2 billion in taxpayer money to scammers through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program and how it spends up to $400 million a year on Social Adult Day Care centers, which mostly duplicate the offerings of senior centers.Both of these programs, as with NEMT, were part of the former Gov. Andrew Cuomo-era Medicaid overhauls that have been continued by successor Gov. Kathy Hochul.“Before this federal administration even took office, Governor Hochul took action in 2024 with sweeping CDPAP reforms that shut down hundreds of wasteful Medicaid middlemen and saved over $2 billion for state and federal taxpayers in the past year alone,” a Hochul spokesperson said. “Governor Hochul is laser focused on cutting out waste, fraud and abuse – and if Dr. Oz really cares so much about affordability, he should tell Washington Republicans to stop ripping healthcare away from everyday New Yorkers.” Popular Mexican resort town under siege after cartel leader killed — as US urges tourists to shelter in placeMeet the new class of ‘vanlords’ as Californians increasingly live in RVs as housing costs surgeTrump dealt huge tariff blow as Supreme Court rules them illegal — and US may be forced to pay back billionsUSA dominates Slovakia to set up matchup everyone wanted for the gold medal | Presented by KA-EX
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