Dr. Mehmet Oz

Now, think about this.

If it's okay for a doctor to lie about a patient needing hospice by claiming that they're going to die when, in fact, they don't have any problems whatsoever that are mortal or even near mortal, they're selling their soul.

And what we have allowed to happen has got worse during COVID.

When there was a general belief you could just throw money at the problem and hope it worked out, and then a lack of policing of program integrity over the last administration's tenure, you're left with a system where fraud is normalized, where corruption is what's always out there.

You're looking for your little handout.

Like many countries that have fraud, it's systemic.

Everyone gets a little piece of the action.

Everyone dips their beak into the equation.

told this by a friend of mine, and this is a profound statement that he made.

They said, when Republicans win the White House, everybody wants to be the Secretary of Treasury.

Everybody wants to be the ambassador to England.

That's what Republicans seek.

When a Democrat wins the White House, they want to get control of Health and Human Services, because that's where the big money is.

Our budget's almost $2 trillion, and that money flows through many systems where all you need is a beneficiary's identification number to serve as a credit card, and you can take advantage of the system.

So we have got to create a world where taking advantage of our most vulnerable Americans is no longer acceptable.

Assistant U.S.

Attorney Bill Asseli detailing Operation Never Say Die.

Officials say the alleged scheme included defrauding Medicare by billing for end-of-life services that were either unnecessary or never provided.

Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz.

Officials say the annual theft from taxpayers in the nation is estimated to be around $230 billion.