Dr. Mehmet Oz

It's disheartening to see people lost in that way, but treating stupid is really hard.

We are confident, and the State Department's working on this diligently, that they're going to be able to work out something with Kenya.

There has already been a fair amount of communication around this issue.

There's many places we can send folks, but sending them across the world, especially when we're not sure what's going on with them, is probably not the wisest move.

Good afternoon, everybody.

How are you?

Well, maybe I can put it in the context of affordability, because I think for a lot of Americans, it's what they're most concerned about.

And if you just took the fraud out of Medicare and Medicaid, and we estimate there's probably $100 billion of fraud on the programs that the government pays for you to get better health, that would allow us to double the life expectancy of the Medicare trust fund.

So to put that in context, if you're working your tail off right now and watching the show, and you're worried Medicare was not gonna be there for you when you reach the ripe old age of 65, it's the parachute that's gonna catch you and deal with your health issues without costing you an arm and a leg, so you can keep your arms and legs, then you should be pretty much with us on this fraud issue, because by doubling the life expectancy of the program, we'll make sure it's there for you and for your grandkids.

And that's the kind of discussion we need to be having in earnest with each other, because the fraud is so large, it's so weaponized,

that we have to start asking ourselves, is this really a flaw for state leadership, for governors?

Or maybe there's a feature here we had not noticed before, which is why they've allowed it to go unimpeded for so many years.

I'll give you three examples.

So South Florida, where you guys have some affinity, is a state that has generally done okay on fraud, waste, and abuse, but in the area of durable medical equipment, where the wheelchairs and canes, these companies have now grown so quickly that we have twice as many

of these durable medical equipment suppliers as McDonald's in South Florida.

It's impossible that that many people want to sell you wheelchairs.

But that's the norm.

We think the Cuban government's involved because many of the perpetrators actually flee back to Cuba.

Even worse, one third of all hospices in the entire country are in Los Angeles.

not California and actually specifically the city of Los Angeles.