"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 wrote in the complaint."
"Movses Bislamyan, the owner of the store whose sign is pictured in the video, told ABC7 News that he saw about a 30% drop in business the day after the viral video was posted. "I am really disappointed," he told the station. "Recording my signs, my location, and talking about some kind of fraud going on here. We have nothing to do with it.""
California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, after Oz posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread healthcare fraud in Los Angeles. Oz toured a Van Nuys neighborhood, claiming about $3.5 billion in Medicare fraud by hospice and home-care businesses and alleging involvement of the "Russian Armenian mafia," pointing to Cyrillic storefront signs. Newsom asked the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate Oz's "baseless and racist allegations," warning such statements could chill participation in federal healthcare programs. A store owner reported about a 30% drop in business after the video went viral.
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