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Newsom Says State Is Committed to Fighting Fraud - Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Jan 29, 2026 Latest Videos from Bloomberg Radio
California Governor Gavin Newsom says his administration is committed to fighting fraud in the state. He speaks to Bloomberg's Brad Stone in San Francisco.
California Governor Gavin Newsom says his administration is committed to fighting fraud in the state. He speaks to Bloomberg's Brad Stone in San Francisco.
Gov. Newsom was addressing online videos posted by Medicare/Medicaid Services Director Mehmet Oz alleging health care fraud in LA:
At one point in the video, which was posted Tuesday [1/27/2026] on the agency’s official social media accounts, Oz stands in front of a sign for an Armenian bakery and says, “you notice that the lettering and language behind me is of that dialect and it also highlights the fact that this is an organized crime mafia deal.”
In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Newsom called on the agency to investigate “Dr. Oz’s baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California.”
“Such racially charged and false public statements by anyone involved in administering these critical federal healthcare programs seriously risks chilling participation in those programs by individuals targeted by the statements,” Newsom‘s office wrote in the complaint.
In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Newsom called on the agency to investigate “Dr. Oz’s baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California.”
“Such racially charged and false public statements by anyone involved in administering these critical federal healthcare programs seriously risks chilling participation in those programs by individuals targeted by the statements,” Newsom‘s office wrote in the complaint.