ILLEGAL PAYMENTS EXPOSED: Trump uncovers massive Medicaid fraud

ILLEGAL PAYMENTS EXPOSED: Trump uncovers massive Medicaid fraud

MARIA: WELCOME BACK SENATE TAKING A MAJOR STEP TOWARD REOPENING TO GOVERNMENT, VOTING 60 IS TO 40 TO BREAK FILIBUSTER, AND ADVANCE A SPENDING MEASURE FINAL VOTE FOR YOU COMING DAYS IF BILL CLEARS SENATE WILL MOVE TO THE HOUSE WILL MOVE TO PRESIDENT’S DESK FOR SIGNAGE THE GOVERNMENT CAN INITIALLY REOPEN PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, GOP LEADERS ARE NOW PROJECT A DECEMBER VOTE ON EXTENDING ENHANCED OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES STICKING POINT IN 41 DAYS OPEN FLMENT UNDERWAY UNTIL DECEMBER 15 ENROLL FOR COVERAGE BEGINNING NEW YEAR’S DAY MEDICARE, MEDICAID SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR DR. MEHMET OZ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. >> ALWAYS GOOD SPENDING TIME WITH YOU — >> LONG FOUGHT FIGHT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU DID WITH THE DRGS HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP YOU AND AGENDA MAKING THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE, YOUR ACTION TO GOVERNMENT LIKELY REOPENING THIS WEEK WITH A WAS ACHIEVED LAST NIGHT. OVER THE MOON HAPPY GOING TO GET GOVERNMENT OPEN FEDERAL WORKERS BACK INTO THEIR OFFICES FOR ME MEANS ACTUARIES INSURANCE EXPERTS CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE ALSO FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD NOT NEGOTIATE IMPORTANT ISSUES IN THIS CASE THE AFFORDABLE MEDICARE ACT INTO ALLOWING HOSTAGE GET AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, YOU GOT UP ISSUE OF POTENTIAL VOTE FOR, THIS DEBATE FOR REPUBLICANS ABOUT FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, PREPOISED ENHANCED VERY INGENUOUS SUBSIDIES GIVEN EMERGENCY, TO AMERICANS WHO ARE IN THAT CATEGORY OF THE PORTFOLIO LEVEL, WANTED TO BE GENEROUS PANDEMIC IS OVER NOT AT WAR WITH VIRUS REPUBLICANS ARE — ALL SHORTCUTS CREATED, LAST SEVERAL YEARS THAT LED TO FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE NEEDED TO REFORM TWO NUMBERS THAT LISTENS TO BE AWARE OF HALF 24 MILLION PEOPLE OBAMA CARRY DON’T USE INSURANCE, WE BELIEVE HALF PEOPLE SIX MILLION LITERALLY DON’T KNOW THEY HAVE INSURANCE DON’T CARE IF THEY HAVE INSURANCE THE TAXPAYER IS PAGFOR INSURANCE FROM BEING ON MEDICAID AND PAYING FOR OBAMACARE POLE NO ONE SEEMS TO MIND EXCEPT TAXPAYERS FOOT BILL TWICE YOU’VE GOT TO CLEAN UP IN ORDER TO GET THE ACA, INTO A DIFFERENT PLACE NEXT YEAR MEANWHILE, OPEN ENROLLMENT, AS YOU SAID, PROGRESS, NO HITCHES MOST GENEROUS POLICIES BAKE NUMBER AVERAGE PERSON ON OBAMACARE PAYS 50 DOLLARS A MONTH FOR THEIR INSURANCE NOW, IT USED TO BE 37 DOLLARS. MEANS PAYING 13 DOLLARS MORE NEXT YEAR THAN THIS YEAR THAT IS THE REASON WE SHUT GOVERNMENT DOWN SIX WEEKS ACCORDING TO DEMOCRATS. MARIA: THERE IS FRAUD WAS UNCOVERED YOU WERE ABLE TO YOU EVER COVER MORE THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS MEDICAID MONEY SPENT ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS. >> JUST FOUND OUT LAST WEEK PRESIDENT WAS ASKING THE DEMOCRATS SAID WASN’T A PROBLEM THEY WANTED TO REPEAL, ONE BIG WONDERFUL BILL WE DECIDED TRUST VERIFY WE AUDITED BOOKS SIX MONTHS ONLY A FEW MONTHS DATA ALREADY OVER A BILLION DOLLARS IDENTIFIED OF MORE THANS SPENT TO GET FEDERAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IF YOU ARE IN CALIFORNIA WANT MEDICAID TO ILLEGAL MIGRANTS IN CALIFORNIA MAY BE YOUR CHOICE DEBATE THAT LATER YOU CAN’T TAKE MORE THAN FROM TAXPAYERS IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA PAY FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS BECAUSE THE THEY ARE NOT DOING THAT IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA TOLERATED TOO LONG UNDERMINES SYSTEM MY JOB TO PROTECT MOST VULNERABLE LASER-FOCUSED, MY DAY JOB TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH HEALTH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE COVERAGE IF YOU DILUTE COVERAGE WE’VE DEDICATED TO MEDICAID, OR ACA TO PEOPLE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAMS, THAT IS NOT ONLY WRONG IT IS ILLEGAL WE ARE GOING TO STOP IT. MARIA: WHAT INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU DR. OZ AFTER THIS INCREDIBLY STUNNING AND PROUD CAREER THAT OF YOU HAD IN MEDICINE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR AVERAGE PEOPLE IN AMERICA, WITH THIS MOST FAVORED NATION POLICY, ON PRICING AS WELL AS ALLOWING ACCESS TO GOOD GLP-1 DRUGS THE ANNOUNCEMENT MAJOR DEAL WITH ELI LILLY, ENFORCED ENFORCED, TO MAKE WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS AFFORDABLE COMPANION MEDICAID MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR DRUGS PLUS ABOUT THIS MAJOR, ANNOUNCEMENT, YOUR ROLE IN IT, AND THE MAJOR BENEFIT THAT YOU ARE EXPECTING. >> THE PRESIDENT EARLY ON SAID THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO ALLOW AMERICANS TO PAY THREE TIMES MORE ON AVERAGE FOR SAME MEDICATIONS MADE IN SAME FACTORIES, THAT EUROPEANS ARE PAYING JUST NOT RIGHT, JUST LIKE NATO MANDATE THAT WE HAVE EQUALIZATION RESPONSIBILITY FIGHTING EXTERNAL THREAT DID SAME INTERNALLY, THE PRESIDENT CALLED — YOU WERE THERE ONCE THIS HAPPENED BUT WOULD CALL CHECK, A GREAT LEADER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS FOR DECADES WRONG AMERICAN IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF WENT TO ALL PHARMA COMPANIES, PEOPLE REALLY DID THE WORK, CHRIS, JOHN BROOKS, BARRACUDAS WITH TOP TIER PHARMA EXECUTIVES NEGOTIATING HARD-NOSED TACTS TO GET RESPONSE EQUALIZATION, WE HAVE MOST — GLP-1 WEIGHT LOST DRUGS, IT IS HITTING IN MISSISSIPPI APPALACHIA POOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ALLOWS AMERICANS TO GET ACCESS TO DRUGS A FRACTION THEY COST RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 12, 1300 DOLLARS A MONTH DRUGS NOW GOING TO BE 125 DOLLARS ON AVERAGE DIFFERENT TIERS, A PROGRAM TO ALLOW IT TO MEDICAID PATIENTS GENEROUS, TRADED THAT IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW GOVERNORS TO DRAMATICALLY DROP POTENTIAL COSTS OF DRUGS FOR THE MEDICAID APPLICATION THAT IS WHAT OBESITY EPIDEMIC IS KILLING US, A HARVARD WHEN UPPER EAST SIDE MANHATTAN, LOSING WEIGHT BUT POOR PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DIG OF DIABETES HYPER TENSION KIDNEY FAILURE THIS MODEL WILL ALL FOR, WE HAVE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES TO GET DRUG 50 BUCKS A MONTH YOU PAY 50 WE PAY 200 TAXPAYERS HAPPEN, WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THINGS IN OVAL OFFICE ON THURSDAY PREDICT WE ARE SAVING MONEY SO MUCH BENEFIT REDUCING THE SUSPENSES TAKING CARE OF DIE AL SIGNATURES PATIENTS HEART TACTIC PATIENTSKS PHARMA COMPANIES EVOLVING WE HAVE PILLS COMING OUT BY MARCH REPLACING INJECTIONS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING THE FACE OF OBESITY ONE BIG STATEMENT, YOU ARE KIND IN WORDS EARLIER MY WHOLE LIVE BUILT ON JAETING FOLKS LOSE THE RIGHT WAY DIET EXERCISE OBESITY NOT A SHORTAGE OF DRUGS IN BLOOD EXTREME THEY ARE IMPORTANT CRUX ABSOLUTELY WORK WE SEE 20% OBESITY, AND WE THINK MASSIVE UPTAKE BY THE TIME YOUE A YEAR FROM NOW SPEAK BY A YEAR FROM NOW WE WILL HAVE LOST 135 MILLION POUNDS AS A COUNTRY THAT IS A LOT OF LIVES SAVED. >> INCREDIBLE I THINK THE POINT YOU ARE MAKING SO CRITICAL, SO I WANT TO UNDERLINE THIS IS NOT JUST GIVING ACCESS TO A PILL, THAT MAKES YOU SKINNY YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE PILLS DO MORE THAN JUST ATTACKING A PERSON’S WEIGHT, BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN MEDICAL JOURNAL RESEARCH SAYS PILLS ARE EFFECTIVE IN HELPING TO WARD OFF BEGINS DEMEN SHAO, TO WARD OFF AGAINST HEART DISEASE OBESITY IS THE KILL LEADS TO DIABETES HEART DISEASE ADDRESS OBESITY GETTING THINNER DRUGS DO THAT IMPORTANT POINT WE NEED TO UNDERLINE ALSO THE FACT SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO GIVE AN INJECT SHUN YOU REVEALED TO US WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PILLS, IN THE MARKET BY MARCH WE SPOKE WITH CEO OF ELI LILLY ON HIS EFFORTS TO GET THE PILLS OUT IN MARKET, TALK TO US ABOUT THE BIGGER BROADER POINTS ABOUT THESE DRUGS, IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL HEALTH. >> AIM BIG PROPONENT OF MAKE AMERICA HEALTH AGAIN MOVEMENT CREATED BY SECRETARY KENNEDY I DON’T THINK WOULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITHOUT HIS BOLD LEADERSHIP THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, MAHA FUNDAMENTALLY MAKING IT EASIER TO BE HEALTH IN AMERICA AUTOMATE THE SYSTEM BETTER FOOD SUPPLIES BROOKE ROLLINS, DIETARY GUIDANCE THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN MEANTIME, WE HAVE A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR OBESITY EVER HAD IN HISTORY, WE ARE TWICE AS FAT AS EUROPE WHY SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH PER CAPITAL ON HEALTHCARE AS EUROPE IF WE DROP OBESITY IN THIS COUNTRY DOWNSTREAM PROBLEMS FROM IMPLEMENTATION ARE GETTING BERT STARTS WITH DIABETES HYPERTENSION ENDS, WITH ORGAN FAILURE WRONG SOME CAN TREAT THIS PROBLEM ON CUTTING EDGE MEDICATIONS SOME DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM, I DON’T WANT THE A SCENARIO YOU DON’T WANT SCENARIO WHERE IN AMERICA WE HAVE UNFAIR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IF YOU ARE AMERICAN YOU DESERVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO LIFESAVING MEXICANS, CANCER, OUGHT IMMUNO, PROBLEMS OR OBESITY EPIDEMIC STRIPPING GUTS OUT OF LIVES OF AMERICANS WE WANT TO BE FIT, PRODUCTIVE, GETTING BACK TO WORK NOT MISSING IMPORTANT EVENTS IN LIVES BECAUSE OBESITY STRIPPED AWAY VITALITY STOP MAKING IT A MORAL FAILING IN SOME CASES WE HAVE BY LOGIC SOLUTION THIS IS CRITICAL FOR AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENT SAID I DON’T WANT YOU HURTING THE ABILITY OF TOP TIER AMERICAN COMPANIES, TO PRODUCE BEST LIVE SAVINGS SOLUTIONS IF WE PUT PRICE CONTROLS IN PLACE WE WILL DESTROY THE INDUSTRY IF WE NEGOTIATE WITH THEM TOP TIER NEGOTIATORS FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING SQUEEZE COMPANIES TO DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE A BUSINESS DECISION THEN THEY WILL COME VOLUNTARILY THIS IS FOURTH FIFTH MAJOR U.S. COMPANIES, NOVO LILLI, ALSO PFIZER ONBOARD ASTRAZENECA ON BOARDS ADDRESSED BY REDUCING COST GOES FULL CIRCUMSTANTIAL TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THE DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION IS TO INCREASING COSTS TO SPENDS MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS WE SHOULD AT THE SAME TIME, SPENDING MORE MONEY, MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS COVERED DROP THE COST OF CARRY NEGOTIATE IN A HARD-NOSED TACTICAL WAY DEAL WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES ACROSS THE BOARD DRIVE DOWN COST OF CARRY PRESIDENT IS A NEGOTIATOR DEALMAKER HOW YOU GET STUFF DONE NEGOTIATE FOR WHAT YOU WANT. MARIA: DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON HOW THESE ACA SUBSIDIES SHOULD MOVE FORWARD THE COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE BUDGET SAYS IF YOU DO A DEAL AND FULLY EXTEND, THOSE WITHOUT ANY OFFSETS THAT WOULD BE A COSTLILIEST WAY TO END SHUTDOWN, TWO-YEAR EXTENSION COSTS 60 BILLION DOLLARS FULL-YEAR EXTENSION COSTS 250 BILLION THE FULL CONTINUING RESOLUTION ROLES BACK MEDICAID SAVINGS ONE AND 1/2 TRILLION REPUBLICANS NEVER GOING FOR THAT DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT ON HOW YOU WANT TO SEE, THIS PLAY OUT, ONCE THESE SUBSIDIES DO EXPIRE THIS YEAR. >> ALWAYS ASK RIGHT QUESTIONS I SPENT GOOD PART OF THE WEEKEND WORKING WITH WHITE HOUSE WORKING ON ANSWER LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS I DON’T WANT TO SHOW CARDS WHY WOULD I TELEGRAPH WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WE HAVE TO HAVE OPEN GOVERNMENT I NEED TOP PEOPLE AROUND TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS, WE WILL SUPPORT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WE ALWAYS HAVE, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT RESPONSIBLE WAY IF WE DON’T WILL IMPLODE IF WE HAVEN’T SEEN FIXED MEDICAID WITH ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL WOULD COLLAPSE UNDERWEIGHT CLOSING SUSPENSE 50% INCREASE MEDICAID SPENDING FIVE YEARS SINCE COVID PANDEMIC STARTED NO VIRUS GOT TO RESET RIGHT SIZE THE PROGRAMS THINGS THAT LIKE TRANSFORMATION FORM, 50 BILLION DOLLARS INTO RURAL HEALTHCARE TO FIX A PROBLEM DON’T WANT TO THROW MONEY AT ISSUES WANT TACTICAL SOLUTIONS THAT WORK AND IT IS HAPPENING. MARIA: WE WILL WATCH ALL THAT DR. OZ YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WE SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING

Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz discusses the impact the government shutdown had on healthcare and President Donald Trump’s deal with Eli Lilly on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ #foxbusiness #morningswithmaria

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