Dr. Oz Says Anti-Fraud Effort Coming to ‘All 50 States’

‘We’re asking the states to own that problem ... red and blue, all of them,’ he says.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a press conference as Vice President JD Vance looks on in the Library of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the agency overseeing Medicaid and Medicare, announced Tuesday that his agency’s anti-fraud effort will come to every state.

During an interview at a Politico-hosted event, Oz said that every U.S. state can expect anti-fraud activities involving funds received through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS).