US EditionNewsom Files Civil Rights Complaint Accusing Dr. Oz of Targeting Armenian Americans
Newsom alleges Dr. Oz racially profiled Armenian Americans with unfounded $3.5 billion hospice fraud claims, causing harm to local businesses and prompting a civil rights complaint.
- On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging a probe into Dr. Mehmet Oz's baseless allegations targeting Armenian Americans.
- Dr. Mehmet Oz released a CMS-branded 'street investigation' video driving through Van Nuys, Los Angeles, pointing to a four-block area with 42 hospices and alleging roughly $3.5 billion in hospice fraud.
- Local business owners reported immediate harm as Movses Bislamyan, bakery owner, saw about a 30% drop in business after the viral video, while California revoked more than 280 hospice licenses since 2022.
- Oz publicly defended his actions on social media, saying `If there was a real defense for California's fraud crisis, we'd hear it`, while CMS and HHS demanded a comprehensive action plan within three weeks.
- House Republicans have scheduled a February 3 hearing on Medicare fraud, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned Oz's statements risk chilling Armenian Americans' hospice participation, a concern echoed by the Armenian National Committee of America.
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Oz's Claim of Hospice Fraud by Armenians Draws Complaint
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office has demanded a civil rights investigation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, saying he discriminated against Armenians in a video claiming hospice fraud in Los Angeles. The complaint was filed Thursday, after Oz posted a video on social media made in front of an Armenian bakery in...
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The Press-EnterpriseNewsom files civil rights complaint after Dr. Oz accuses Van Nuys Armenian businesses of hospice fraud
By JAIMIE DING and ALI SWENSON California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is demanding a civil rights investigation of Dr. Mehmet Oz, saying he discriminated against Armenians in a video claiming hospice fraud in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Van Nuys, the latest front in the state’s ongoing battle with the Trump administration. The Democratic governor’s complaint, filed Thursday, came after Oz posted a video on social media in front of an Armenian…
Newsom files civil rights complaint against Dr. Oz over video about health care fraud
Governor Newsom's office is filing a civil rights complaint after Dr. Mehmet Oz targeted the local Armenian-American community in a series of videos about health care fraud.
Los Angeles hospice fraud reaches billions as Medicare providers scam federal system with fake companies
Hospice fraud in Los Angeles County represents $3.5 billion in alleged Medicare scams, according to Dr. Mehmet Oz. Attorney General Rob Bonta calls it "unprecedented."
Newsom's Civil Rights Complaint Against Trump Official Dr. Oz
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), after he accused Armenian crime groups of being responsible for health care fraud in Los Angeles. “My office is filing a civil rights complaint seeking an investigation into Dr. Oz’s baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California,” Newsom said. [time-brig…
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