Elon Musk just pulled back the curtain on what could be one of the biggest taxpayer scams in American history, as reported by The Gateway Pundit.
Under President Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk and his team have identified a staggering $100 billion in wasteful spending buried within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Musk’s revelation, which sent shockwaves through Washington, came after his DOGE team was granted read-only access to CMS’s payment and contracting systems. These systems handle health insurance for nearly one in four Americans, making them a critical part of the federal budget.
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The agency, confirming the collaboration, stated that two senior CMS officials—one focused on policy, the other on operations—have been working alongside DOGE to “ensure appropriate access to CMS systems and technology.”
But what started as a mission to identify cost-saving measures has escalated into something far more damning.
Musk didn’t mince words when he took to X on Wednesday, bluntly stating: “This is where the big money fraud is happening.”
Yeah, this is where the big money fraud is happening https://t.co/jXqXrlKDGp
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2025
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Later, on Thursday night, he dropped the hammer: “They wasted $100B of taxpayer money!”
They wasted $100B of taxpayer money! https://t.co/LZtrliFiJU
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 7, 2025
Musk’s claim isn’t coming out of thin air. CMS, an agency responsible for over one billion Medicare claims annually, is tasked with overseeing healthcare quality and managing billions in federal matching funds for state-run Medicaid programs.
Yet, year after year, fraud and inefficiencies bleed the system dry.
Recent data highlights the scale of the problem. From June 2024 to October 2024, CMS suspended 850 agents and brokers suspected of fraudulently enrolling individuals in plans without consent or switching policies to generate commissions.
These bad actors were promptly barred from participating in the healthcare marketplace.
And the corruption doesn’t stop there. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been aggressively prosecuting healthcare fraud, and the numbers are jaw-dropping.
In June 2024, the DOJ charged 193 defendants, including 76 medical professionals, for their roles in schemes that racked up $2.75 billion in fraudulent claims.
The trend isn’t new—since 2007, federal investigators have gone after more than 5,400 fraudsters, uncovering a mind-boggling $27 billion in fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing.
Now that Musk has aired this $100 billion bombshell, the big question is: what’s the government going to do about it?
President Trump’s administration launched DOGE specifically to root out waste and corruption, but if Musk’s findings hold up, this could be one of the most explosive scandals in recent memory.
Democrats, predictably, will try to downplay or ignore the issue, as they always do when the federal bureaucracy is exposed for its failures.
But with Musk’s involvement and Trump’s track record of cutting government bloat, this could be the beginning of a massive shake-up in how Washington spends taxpayer dollars.
One thing is clear: The swamp is deeper than we thought, and if Musk is right, Americans have been ripped off for far too long.
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rescind all retirement and other benefits for those shown to have been involved—-publish their names and cities of residence so that we the people can adequately thank them for their disservice.
and throw them in jail! If they jail them – it will slow down the fraud – it will never stop, to much money is involved, but slow it down, put them in jail!
Until there are actual consequences the crimes will continue. As with the Bidens, J6, and other frauds, people need to go to jail. Until that happens there will be no justice. And the American people deserve justice.
I wonder if anyone will get fired over this? No one in Washington ever seems to be responsible for anything.
Don, you are correct, we need to jail the ones we find.
Nothing new. This is old news as that is where the big money if found to be stolen. Vote with your brin, not party affiliation.
If our politicians and the agencies our government created were doing their jobs, we would not be where we are seeing this kind of wasted taxpayer money. Voters voted for change and that’s what we are getting and all those politicians fighting against it need to be voted out because they are part of the problem and not the solution. IMO
The bureaucrats, recipients, and anyone else who profited from this are likely to have some sort of net worth. Cars, houses, stocks, bonds, etc. When people have committed fraud, the courts can “claw back”, i.e. seize back, whatever they own of value. Prosecute them, yes, convict them, yes, and then take back whatever wealth they have fraudulently accumulated.
We know how this will play out. When Musk is done the swamp will deny legit claims and act as if that’s the only way to save money.
Finally someone who can’t be bought with ” MONEY”.
I voted for Elon.