Anchorage Doctor and Husband Plead Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Health Care, Tax Fraud Schemes

Anchorage Doctor and Husband Plead Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Health Care, Tax Fraud Schemes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage doctor and her husband pleaded guilty Tuesday to executing a $12.5 million health care fraud scheme and evading over $4 million in taxes on the profits of their decades-long scheme. According to court documents, Dr. Claribel Tan, 61, and her husband, Daniel Tan, 70, operated a rheumatology medical clinic in […]

Report Details How ‘Half-Baked’ GOP Healthcare Scheme Would Further Enrich Insurance Giants

Report Details How ‘Half-Baked’ GOP Healthcare Scheme Would Further Enrich Insurance Giants

“No matter how Republicans design their plan, their promise to take money out of the hands of big insurance companies and put it in the hands of patients will go unfulfilled.” US President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have made a show of criticizing insurance company greed as they stand firm against extending Affordable Care Act tax credits […]

Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise

Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise

The waters bordering North America could soon be inhospitable to critical marine creatures if the Northeastern Pacific Ocean continues to acidify at the current rate, a new study shows. Earth’s oceans have become approximately 30% more acidic since the industrial revolution began more than 200 years ago. Acidification changes marine chemistry and depletes key minerals that calcifying organisms, such […]