DOJ Announces Historic $6.5 Billion Health Care Fraud Crackdown

Written by David E. Smith

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown — the largest coordinated health care fraud enforcement action in U.S. history — charging 455 defendants across 45 states and territories in alleged schemes totaling more than $6.5 billion in false claims.

Led by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the sweeping operation involved the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and 50 state Medicaid Fraud Control Units.… Continue Reading

Climate Models and COVID-19 Models

Written by Norman Rogers

Computer models are seductive even though they are very often completely wrong. The more complicated they are the greater chance that they are wrong. Like children, they copy their parents — the model architects. Confirmation bias involves cherry picking facts to obtain a result consistent with preexisting beliefs. A complicated computer model with many degrees of freedom is a perfect environment for confirmation bias to have its way. The investigator usually will believe, or at least claim, that his model is objectively setup without bias entering into the effort.… Continue Reading