Healthy Skeptic

US Debt Auctions, week of April 6, 2026 11.04.2026 4:07 ↓

a discussion of recent US debt auction results

Physician Incomes 10.04.2026 4:03 ↓

A discussion of a new paper on international comparisons of physician incomes

Medicare Advantage payments 09.04.2026 3:13 ↓

A discussion of the level of over-payments to MA plans, which has been greatly exaggerated by MedPAC

Debunking Climate Hysteria, April 7, 2026 08.04.2026 4:05 ↓

A discussion of a paper by Bjorn Lomborg on the costs of climate mitigation measures

Health Insurer Profitability 07.04.2026 5:56 ↓

A discussion of measures of health plan profitability by line of business in 2024

March 2026 BLS Jobs Report 05.04.2026 4:06 ↓

A discussion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Release for March

Minnesota rankings 04.04.2026 5:48 ↓

King Walz spreads misinformation about where Minnesota ranks for states in education, business climate, and anything else.

CV-19 Vax and Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death 03.04.2026 4:00 ↓

A new study further debunks the delusional claim that young people were just dropping dead after getting the CV-19 vax

weight loss drugs and health spending 02.04.2026 2:56 ↓

new research suggests that the expensive new weight loss drugs do not result in offsetting reductions in other health care spending

Minnesota's tax burden 01.04.2026 3:04 ↓

Minnesota is a very unaffordable state, because of its super-high tax system

Cold kills 31.03.2026 2:28 ↓

A new study shows that extreme cold causes over ten times more deaths than heat does.

US Debt Auctions, week of 3/23/26 29.03.2026 3:39 ↓

A very bad week for US debt auctions

Aliens are Among Us? 28.03.2026 4:34 ↓

We are having another wave of aliens are here sightings, etc. Likely all a delusion driven by hope an external force will save us.

Debunking global warming hysteria March 27, 2026 27.03.2026 4:17 ↓

New research using long-term ice cores shows that the notion that CO2 is the earth's temperature control knob must be wrong

More detail on the IRS tax migration data 26.03.2026 5:23 ↓

Detailed data on domestic migration of people and income

CV-19 Deaths Modeling Study 25.03.2026 4:04 ↓

Another dreadful study tries to claim there were more early CV-19 deaths than reported, using a pathetic modeling approach. The reality is that deaths were grotesquely over-attributed to CV-19

IRS taxpayer migration data 24.03.2026 2:41 ↓

The IRS has released data showing how many taxpayers moved from state to state and how much income went with them. Gaining and losing states are identified.

February 2026 job numbers 09.03.2026 4:47 ↓

A discussion of the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on February employment

James Stewart 06.03.2026 4:24 ↓

A summary of a biography of actor James Stewart

consciousness 05.03.2026 5:02 ↓

a discussion of research on a new theory regarding consciousness, self-awareness

No Evidence For Sexual Mutilation of Children by Doctors 02.03.2026 3:53 ↓

the WPATH care guidelines are not supported by evidence

Medicare Advantage enrollment heading into 2026 01.03.2026 5:21 ↓

A discussion of Medicare Advantage plan enrollment going into 2026

Producer Price Index, Jan. 2026 28.02.2026 3:47 ↓

The producer price index measures price changes for those people making products and creating services that are bought by the end consumers.

wealth taxes 27.02.2026 5:40 ↓

A discussion of the effects of wealth taxes and alternatives for raising revenue

Foreign funding of groups influencing US policy 26.02.2026 3:14 ↓

A letter from multiple states' attorneys general reveals the extensive network of foreign funding for radical leftist climate and other policy groups