Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday that he is working with Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut the waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid.
“We think we’re going to be able to identify it and eliminate it while, incidentally, protecting the Medicaid—while protecting the Medicaid program and improving services to our poorest Americans,” RFK Jr. told Fox’s Martha MacCallum on Thursday following a high-stakes Cabinet meeting.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, during the meeting, Kennedy announced that the federal government will identify the root cause of America’s spiraling autism crisis by September, following an unprecedented research initiative ordered by President Donald Trump.
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He later revealed to MaCaullum, “We have DOGE working with us, and they’ve been really extraordinary about finding fraud in all of the agencies.”
This comes as Democrats and Republicans spar over the budget resolution that passed in the House earlier Thursday. Democrats in the House accused Republicans of trying to cut Medicaid benefits, which House Speaker Mike Johnson says is a “lie,” pointing to the roughly $50 billion lost each year to Medicaid fraud.
Last week, it was revealed by a DOGE official that illegal aliens and even violent illegal aliens are accessing government benefits like Medicaid and also voting.
“We found in the benefit programs that every benefit program that was being accessed by these people, DOGE executive and founder of Valor Equity Partners, Antonio Gracias, said. “1.3 million of them are on Medicaid right now, today.”
Elon Musk previously blasted the media and Democrats’ fear-mongering over Medicaid cuts under President Trump after he revealed the massive fraud in Social Security and Medicaid received by illegal aliens. “DOGE will make sure you get your Medicaid. There will be no cuts to legitimate payments whatsoever,” Musk declared while speaking in Wisconsin ahead of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
Similarly, Kennedy said cutting the waste, fraud, and abuse will actually protect and improve Medicaid while saving the American tax dollars.
WATCH:
MaCaullum: You oversee the Medicaid program. Do you think—they’re looking for $880 billion in savings over 10 years. The fraud number is somewhere between 30 and $50 billion a year. Do you think that they can cut that money out of Medicaid, and is it something you support, those cuts?
RFK: I certainly support any cut of waste, or misuse, or fraud, and we’re in a very good position now to identify that and to eliminate it because we have DOGE working with us, and they’ve been really extraordinary about finding fraud in all of the agencies. And, you know, they’re being very helpful with us. So, we think we’re going to be able to identify it and eliminate it while, incidentally, protecting the Medicaid—while protecting the Medicaid program and improving services to our poorest Americans.
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