Americans were right to be angry about the Minnesota Medicaid scandal, but Dr. Mehmet Oz — now running CMS — has dropped the kind of bombshell that should make every patriot sit up and demand action: Minnesota, he says, is only the tip of the iceberg. What Dave Rubin shared in his Direct Message clip — a raw, urgent explanation Oz gave to Jan Jekielek — makes clear that the rot runs far deeper, with fraud in other states outpacing what we’ve already seen.
Oz didn’t mince words when he described California as a place where “whole-scale cultural malfeasance” has allowed hospice and home-health schemes to siphon off billions from taxpayers, estimating roughly $4 billion just in those sectors. He also named organized crime networks and the weaponization of corrupt medical practices — from pay-for-hospice schemes to rampant durable medical equipment fraud — as drivers of the theft. This isn’t bureaucratic nitpicking; it’s organized theft from the most vulnerable Americans, enabled by lax oversight.
The federal government is finally using the only language some governors understand: money. Oz has put Minnesota on notice with a 60-day clock to clean up programs or see federal payments frozen, and that is the kind of teeth we sorely needed from Washington. If Washington is serious about stopping institutionalized theft, withholding funds and demanding real corrective action — not press statements — is the way forward.
Make no mistake: Minnesota’s problems have triggered real investigations and congressional oversight, with lawmakers estimating billions may have been misappropriated across childcare, Medicaid, housing, and nutrition programs. Republicans in Washington are rightly demanding records and answers, because taxpayers deserve audits, prosecutions, and clawbacks when the system is gamed. Let those who broke the law face the music; our politicians should be defending taxpayers instead of covering for mismanagement.
Dave Rubin’s choice to amplify Oz’s private message was exactly the kind of citizen journalism the mainstream media refuses to do: push the powerful to explain themselves and force an honest conversation about how billions vanish into shadowy networks. The media elite who cheered for expanded government programs have been strangely quiet about the consequences of handing massive sums to state bureaucracies without accountability. Patriots should be furious that taxpayer dollars are being funneled to fraud while real Americans wait for care.
The solution is simple and unapologetic: aggressive audits, transparent reporting, criminal referrals where appropriate, and an end to the reflexive handout culture that creates incentives for abuse. Conservatives have been warning for years that centralized programs without oversight become feeding troughs for criminals and cronies; now the evidence is piling up. It’s time for accountability, for lawmakers who will claw back stolen funds, and for a government that protects citizens and taxpayers first.
