Concerns raised are that DOGE, President Trump, and Mr. Musk will eliminate MEDICARE. The President has stated he will not do that. Elon Musk wants to identify and eliminate the fraud, waste, and abuse that already exist — well known in government circles. One news outlet reported recent MEDICARE fraud amounted to $100 billion.
“. . . in 2017*, approximately $60 billion in fraud (about 9% of the entire Medicare budget) took place, and the government recouped only about $3 billion—less than ½ percent of the total Medicare budget and 5% of the amount stolen—in criminal judgments.” — Tom Williams**
*(Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – www.cms.gov, 2019.)
**(Williams, Tom. “Health Care,” in President You: How a Thoughtful Ordinary Citizen Could Change the Most Complex Government on Earth, Page 191, All Wet Publishing, LLC, © 2019)