Last week, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz sent an eight-page letter to Gov. Hochul and other New York officials informing them of an inquiry into the state’s $90 billion in Medicaid spending.

Of course, it’s an obvious Trump partisan administration attack on a Democratic state, but Medicaid in New York State is a huge mess and has been so forever. It spends far more than it should and it gets results that should be better.

While he was sent by the White House to be a hatchet man, Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, should use a scalpel with care, conducting a real, legitimate probe that seeks ways to save money for taxpayers and improve outcomes for patients.

He posed 50 detailed questions and has requested a response by April........

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