Paragon: DOGE Could Cut $2.1 Trillion With Medicaid, Medicare Reforms

President-elect Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) -- to be headed by Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk -- could save $2.1 trillion over a decade by making changes to Medicaid and Medicare, Paragon Health Institute says. The group says the estimated savings would be hundreds of billions of dollars greater if they included reduced interest payments from lower spending and if the Congressional Budget Office updated its calculations of older proposals. The conservative think tank’s hot-button proposals include limiting...