Musk’s team accesses Medicare, Medicaid records

AXIOS February 6, 2025
Maya Goldman

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has gained access to the inner workings of Health and Human Services, including data systems of the agency that manages a nearly $2 trillion budget, handles Medicare and Medicaid benefits and runs the National Institutes of Health, the world’s biggest biomedical research institution.

Why it matters: As they march through the federal bureaucracy, Musk and his team now have a seemingly unfiltered view of the sensitive inner workings of much of U.S. health care.

• DOGE is looking for examples of waste, fraud and abuse as it pursues “opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources” at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency spokesperson said.
• But it’s not clear how...

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