Politico February 19, 2025
Speaking at a POLITICO event, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure suggested that Elon Musk and his team don’t have sufficient expertise in Medicare.
Former Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure cautioned against the speed at which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is attempting to root out fraud and waste in government programs like Medicare.
“I think that certainly looking at payments is absolutely OK, but you need to make sure that you’re doing it with knowledge about what these programs do and a real understanding that if you make a tweak here, you can really have a significant effect on people, because this is real money,” Brooks-LaSure, who led CMS during the Biden administration, said during POLITICO’s First 100...
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