The Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) of Elon Musk works together with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and has gained access to payment and contractory systems looking for potential fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Trump’s doge Has already done USAID, but Musk argued on X that are medicine and medicaid where the “big money fraud” takes place.
CMS supervises Medicare, the health coverage program for older and disabled Americans and Medicaid, for registrations with a lower income, which offers insurance for more than 140 million American citizens.
The CMS regularly deals with incorrect payments that represent fraud or abuse, but can also be due to a state, contractor or provider who misses an administrative step.
With reference to one of the people who are familiar with Doge’s work at CMS, WSJ reported that Musk’s allies have not gained access to databases that contain identifiable personal health information from Medicare or Medicaid -benefit.
The new campaign comes only a few days after DOGE had focused on USAID, which led to the dismissal of 50 top officials and the organization that is being folded in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Signs were also removed from the head office of USAID in the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC, and the Doge team took over the computer systems, says sources. USAID is responsible for distributing civilian foreign aid and development aid to countries around the world.
Elon Musk, the chairman of Doge, has given an investigation into the spending practices of USAID when the agency comes to a halt. (Getty Images)
Musk referred to the organization as a ‘Viper’s nest’. Last year the agency managed around $ 40 billion in credits, According to the Congressional Research Service.
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The actions came after State Secretary Marco Rubio, acting at the Executive Order of Trump, paused everything American foreign help Financed by or through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID.
Employees and supporters come together to protest outside the USAID head office on 3 February 2025 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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The 90-day break has thousands funded humanitarian, development and security programs worldwide and forced aid organizations to dismiss hundreds of employees because they cannot make a payroll worldwide and forced.
Greg Wehner of Fox News Digital, Chris Pandolfo, the Associated Press and Reuters have contributed to this report.
