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We've demonstrated that by having access to these systems, the personal information in them is necessarily at harm with the disclosure of sensitive information,
But on the current record, plaintiffs have failed to establish standing,
CMS has two senior Agency veterans—one focused on policy and one focused on operations—who are leading the collaboration with DOGE, including ensuring appropriate access to CMS systems and technology. We are taking a thoughtful approach to see where there may be opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources in line with meeting the goals of President Trump."
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in a statement It's no secret that Medicare fraud exists within our system. Just in 2024 alone, the DOJ found billions of dollars in fraudulent claims. DOGE is looking into the government database to root out possible cases of fraud and waste. Given the size of the Medicare system, there is a 100 percent likelihood they will uncover more instances of fraud and improprieties."
Kevin Thompson, a finance expert and the founder and CEO of 9i Capital Group, told Newsweek This is an area of government spending that deserves closer scrutiny, as hospitals may be incentivized to overbill or perform unnecessary procedures simply because they know Medicare will cover the cost,
Social security will not be touched. It will only be strengthened … we have illegal immigrants on social security and we’re going to find out who they are and take them off.”
Given the threats to the economy and national security, and the potential violation of laws protecting Americans’ privacy and tax data posed by Mr Musk and his team’s reported access to critical federal payment systems … we request that you use your authorities to investigate this matter further.”
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden wrote in a letter to inspectors general Well, we haven’t discussed that much,
He will be brought back. To err is human, to forgive divine.”
Soon after Musk, who had polled his X followers on the question, posted They’re doing it at my insistence. It would be a lot easier not to do it, but we have to take some of these things apart to find the corruption and we’ve found tremendous corruption.”
It needs to be aligned with the national interest of the U.S,
I’ve instructed him to go check out Education, to check out the Pentagon … and sadly, you’ll find some things that are pretty bad, but I don’t think proportionally, you’re going to see anything like we just saw,
Trump told reporters about his plans for Musk Friday during a press conference while hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba What I want to do is let the states run schools,
Elon now has the power to suck out all of that information for his own use,
If he's a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that,
He's finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste,
Oh, Sure. He's not shy. Elon's not shy."
A reporter ... The president replied, amid stating his approval of Musk Cutting foreign aid, cutting spending is popular, and so all Democrats really have right now is to go after Elon Musk personally,
It's interesting to note that you don't see Democrats going after what Elon Musk and DOGE are doing nearly as much as they're going after Elon Musk himself because this is simply a messaging tactic,
Bedford told Fox Business's The Evening Edit They're really just trying to go after, to find some foothold to go after, Donald Trump because so much of what Donald Trump has been doing over the past couple of weeks of his presidency is popular,
