"We are taking a thoughtful approach to see where there may be opportunities for more effective and efficient use of resources in line with meeting the goals of President Trump," Andrew G. Nixon, HHS' director of communications,

Officials at Musk-led DOGE were given access to the inner workings of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency with a $2 trillion budget.

A team led by Elon Musk recently gained access to America’s federal payment infrastructure — a system responsible for distributing trillions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries and government contracts annually.