I read that Musk has now been given access to Medicare and Medicaid…..is this a good idea?
Elon Musk’s access to the operations of the federal government appears to be only accelerating. On the heels of his Department of Government Efficiency gaining access—though it may be only “read-only” access—to a sensitive Treasury Department payment system:
- Medicare/Medicaid: Representatives from DOGE have gotten access to the payment and contracting systems for the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid, reports the Wall Street Journal. The reps are looking to identify fraud and waste at CMS—the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—and study the agency’s structure and staffing.
- Musk: “Yeah, this is where the big money fraud is happening,” Musk tweeted in response to another’s post about the development.
- CDC: DOGE reps also visited the Centers for Disease Control and requested a list of employees who have been there less than a year or are within a two-year probationary period, reports the Washington Post.
- Labor: The reps also visited the Labor Department to discuss access to sensitive data there, per the Post. Labor unions are seeking a restraining order to keep DOGE’s hands off department info, saying the non-government department’s work is “illegal” and has “already been catastrophic.” (Musk has successfully gutted the US Agency for International Development.)
- VA: Democratic senators are worried about what might happen at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “Musk and his associates already have the personal financial information of every veteran receiving disability or education benefits because of their illegal data mining at the Department of Treasury,” tweeted Sen. Patty Murray. “Will they now look at private health records of veterans?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal raised a similar alarm, calling it “reprehensible an unelected billionaire can freely access veterans’ sensitive and personal information.”
I do not like the idea of this douche bag having access to my medical stuff.
Fraud?
What about the fraud and games the wealthy play with the stability of this country? These ‘people’ will target individuals while allowing insurance companies and Pharma get a free ride.
At what point are you fuckers going to wake up?
You have a screwing coming and you just bend over and take it like a submissive alter boy.
Pay attention!
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
This has got me VERY concerned… and it’s not about launching nukes.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/video/trump-defy-court-order-ryan-goodman-digvid
We all should be concerned. chuq
In the UK we have the ‘Data Protection Act’ that stops anyone being given such personal details without our consent. If they see what Musk is up to, I have no doubt our government will follow in his footsteps.
Best wishes, Pete.
Pete, we have virtually the same thing but it doesn’t matter when the President gives them the power to go in regardless of the law! That said, there are courts striking it all down and stopping it but the damage in many cases has been done…it’s madness here! Laws broken without pause!
Sooner or later Trump is going to start ignoring the courts …and then what?
WE Americans use to have privacy but those days are waning….chuq
I also replied to Pete’s comment, because what is happening her is a flagrant disregard of the law…today Congress members were barred by guards from entering the Department of Education offices, which they fund!
Speaking of Congress….we have had a massive flurry of EOs but what is Congress actually doing? chuq
This frankly terrifies me. It’s not so much Musk as his “tech-bro” kiddie hackers. These are the ones who are actually in there fiddling around with stuff. These are literally kids in their late teens and early twenties, who haven’t been vetted, have no security clearance, who were probably living in their parents’ basements a few months ago, and who think they are gods because they know how to type in a few lines of code.
Seems they are gonna mess a bit with the VA.
I saw that but I think he may give the VA a wide berth….for now…..chuq
Thought you might like to see this..
https://futurism.com/neoscope/elon-musk-doge-veterans-affairs chuq
Thanks, chuq. Guess I better line up all my appointments now. This is all getting worse.
And could possibly get even worse…..hopefully it was helpful chuq
They are already messing with the VA and I have heard reports of Veterans complaining that they are having trouble getting in to see their doctors …and I also read somewhere that part of the 2025 plan is to eliminate categories 7 and 8 entirely from eligibility for VA care… which throw all members of that category into the streets to fend for themselves with what is left of Medicare.
The new spending bill that the GOP presented calls for increase spending for the VA….but it is not law yet. chuq
That is a great description of the DOGE minions…..it should terrify everyone with half a brain…..chuq
The fuckers are so blind they are never going to wake up until some of this stuff hits them in their own asses and then they will realize it is too late.
I am starting to down if they are smart enough to notice. chuq