The $140 Billion A Year of Waste That DOGE Won’t Touch
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the recently-confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. says that he wants to expand Medicare Advantage — a program that former health insurance executive Wendell Potter calls “one of the biggest scams […] we’ve seen in this country.” It lets private health insurers siphon tens of billions of taxpayer dollars to pad their bottom line, but is sold as a way for seniors to save money. In reality, it costs taxpayers 22% more than traditional Medicare. We investigated why Trump and Oz want this program to be even bigger, and who the biggest winners (and losers) will be if they do.
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@MichaelJPartyka
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I feel like this video left out the important questions, "How did Medicare Advantage get created to begin with? What problem was it originally intended to solve?" Because what I remember of Medicare Part A ("Original Medicare") is that (1) few doctors would take new Medicare patients and (2) there's no out-of-pocket limit, meaning if your treatment costs $1M, you owe $200K. Medicare Advantage provided the security that came with (1) access to more doctors and (2) an out-of-pocket cap. Am I wrong about this?
@Jimi-z4r
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I love your videos and I get where y'all are coming from but with this plan I couldn't treat my epilepsy
@TheRageReport-t1o
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
So doctor oz is corrupted too
@bluesteel1
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
The US is only afloat due to the dollar being the reserve currency.
@johnwalsh1648
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Wake up. Medicaid is going down the same street. Ask me. I have so many doctors appointments (10 minutes with a nurse practitioner, wait 2 -3 months for the specialist) it keeps me from actually getting much work done. And I do work, independently, gigs, etc. Medicaid is just one more revenue stream for for-profit medicine. It pads their bottom line.
@laurakibben4147
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
You'd think someone would look into the billers themselves.
Who was responsible for billing Medicare and UHC 27k for a procedure my doctor said only costs 750??! FFS! And claims he didn't get any of it.
And the 22 bucks for an aspirin at the ER and on and on. If the billers aren't heavily, well paid then why the hell?!???
@lonceysvideos333
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
"What is trie the business of Politicians, Big Pharma, and Insurance companies? SCREWING PEOPLE, WHICH IS HOW YOU GET MEDICARE DISADVANTAGE..I can really see you guys headed for another civil war, because you've beed overrun by too many, greedy, no good rich people
@urbnfusionteam3200
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Everything in America for profit.
@artistknownaslisa
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Vangard, Blackrock and State Street are behind Centene. Centene is now controlling my Medicare. They are not pleasant. I see this going in a very, very bad direction for the patients.
@mikerock8177
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
America needs universal healthcare
@pyrexmaniac
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Medicare advantage started out as a great program…..it was only administered by not-for-profit companies and all funds were required to be used to pay claims. Any "surplus" was used to enhance programs the following years, like lower copays, and lower premiums. The organizations offering the programs were held to very high standards and strict regulation. The Medicare Modernization Act of 2006 dismantled the controls and regulations and changed the rules hat existed prior to 2006. The MMA opened the programs to all carriers, including for-profit corporations.
@warisgood454
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
The cost of actual care are doubled by private insurance companies
@warisgood454
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
What anerican have never understand is that universal healthcare is a lot cheaper
Insurance companies eat up huge profits .they such up money
Simple out one hundred dollars of care. Insurance companies eat up at least 140
And then charge the person again .
That's why the rest of the world relies on universal healthcare
@warisgood454
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
This is why you need universal healthcare
Insurance companies are stealing the funds that could be used for actual care
@fred428cj6
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Comparing Canadians and Americans for life expectancy and medical care cost per capita from 1970 to 2011, Americans die sooner than Canadians while paying more than Canadians in an amount of about $17 trillion dollars. $17 trillion dollars is an amount greater than the USA national debt of the same time period. The greed and sinfulness of the country clubber Rs owned for-profits should be obvious. Please compare 2012 through 2024.
@CHr2213
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
This story did a wonderful and fantastic job at highlighting how these major cooperations steal, deny, delay, and ultimately kill patients.
It’s ALL true there are monsters.
@Hype7media
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I live in Australia and we have a thing called Medicare as well the thing is with our system I pay tax from my income about $2000aud, a year, any changes based off your income but essentially it means I can get surgery (especially emergency) life-saving medication subsidised by the tax I pay into the system, its not perfect and we have private insurance for to fill the gaps but you can get some of that money back. Truth is this is something I'm willing to pay for and will never complain about.
@w8what575
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Someone with Medicaid getting a tooth pulled costs $2500 but if that patient pays cash instead of using Medicaid, it costs $279 …..so yeah…providers are ripping Medicare and Medicaid off big time
@djkk464
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
OZ/so much money/dont look behind the cover Mr. OZ
@DEV_Shadow
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
we are for them nothing.
They thread all as one big business, no matter the cost, all is about just take from us as much as possible, and give back as less as possible or nothing.
@jennevans131
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I work in case management and social services and I always steer people away from any Medicare Advantage plan. Traditional Medicare is the way to go, at least for now.
@dany_fg
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
as someone who lives in a place where you pay a few dollars a month and about 50-60% on most medicines (that are pretty cheap to begin with) and get a good medical services, I hope that America will soon join the rest of the developed world in free/almost free healthcare.
this suffering is pointless but to fill the pockets of shareholders.
@Beltrancho
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
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@jerome1521
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
These fuckas are trying to kill us! Greed is killing this country, privatizing our systems will kill us sooner, people better get it together to take back our country!
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October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
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@Molitha
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Thank you More Perfect Union.
@robinjames1482
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Stop the GRIFT!
@chriswhocares6427
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
What's the best country to move to instead of the US, where if you get sick, you die?
@NewsBySA
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
I don't understand why this important video is not viral, do people not care about this topic?
@jancoley9051
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Like someone said:
It's not Medicare
&
It's not an advantage.
@yogoombah2356
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Try and take it away, and see which party SCREAMS AND CRIES THE MOST…then you’ll know who's most corrupt!
@handlewithcare1234
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
and lets not forget biden deferred addressing the problem as well.
@ScottTOtsuka
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Medicare money shouldn’t be used to enrich those private healthcare industry. More than ever, there’s a need for universal healthcare.
@lisanidog8178
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
DOGE isn’t even a legit government agency.
@DelPueblo-iy6oe
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Trump is a BUSINESS person. Of course he would promote this shit because he only cares of his buddies the rich.
@momain5483
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
This video aged amazingly lol headlines today "United Healthcare is being investigated by the DOJ for Medicare fraud scheme"
@Texas_Cody
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Remember all of these people are on the epstien flight list
@LanieWhite-u9f
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
The USA government is a Mafia money laundering syndicate that is so pervasive that no politician will take a stand against the syndicate as they will be replaced almost immediately
@ballerina3483
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
This is not just a youtube channel its a revolution
@RhondaR777
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Humana killed my mother
@phuc_FSB-CCP_bots
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
Get rid of private insurance
@salm6668
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
the biggest scam in history!!! what a rotten healthcare system you have there guys!!!and getting worse by the day,all the american federal governement has a big conflict of interest,why don't you apply the LAW????
@jackdoodls
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
we need mario
@kylexrex
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 pm
it's diabetic cataractally to save U.S. from it's doom of corruption
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