Newsom fights back after Dr Oz accuses LA’s Armenians of healthcare fraud

California governor files complaint against Medicare head’s ‘baseless and racist allegations’

Gavin Newsom accused the Trump administration official Dr Mehmet Oz of discrimination in a civil rights complaint filed with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, recently visited Los Angeles and filmed a video alleging that members of the city’s Armenian community orchestrated large-scale healthcare fraud. The post set off a days-long public quarrel that culminated in the California governor’s announcement.

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