Healthy Skeptic

tylenol and autism 27.09.2025 7:29 ↓

A discussion of the bullshit connection between Tylenol and autism, driven by RFK, Jr's attempt to make more money from trial lawyer fees

provider consolidation 26.09.2025 5:16 ↓

A brief discussion about a recent Government Accounting Office report on health care provider consolidation and its affect on spending and quality

2024 deaths in the United States 19.09.2025 3:07 ↓

A brief discussion of the initial report on deaths in the US in 2024

The distribution of health care spending 18.09.2025 5:41 ↓

A review of a study examining the spread of health spending in an employee health plan population

Annual Employment Revisons 16.09.2025 4:19 ↓

A discussion of the recent BLS release of revised employment numbers for the year ending March of 2025

Inflation measures 15.09.2025 5:46 ↓

A discussion of the producer price index and the consumer price index, including the August BLS Releases

autism 09.09.2025 6:30 ↓

A brief history of "autism" and the real reason for the increase in prevalence of autistm diagnoses

JOLTS Reports 04.09.2025 7:01 ↓

A description of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover report, one of the widely tracked employment reports

US Debt Auctions week of 8/25/25 02.09.2025 4:33 ↓

A specific example of some of the US debt auction basics I discussed last week.

money supply basics 28.08.2025 6:35 ↓

a brief discussion of the money supply, velocity of money and potential relationship to inflation

US Debt Auctions 25.08.2025 8:27 ↓

Some basics on how to track US debt auctions

Employment Numbers and the BLS 20.08.2025 8:24 ↓

An introduction to employment number reporting by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Climate introduction 19.08.2025 7:41 ↓

A few comments on how we got to the point where climate "science" has become so politicized and fossil fuels so demonized

Medicaid Work Requirements 15.08.2025 6:35 ↓

A discussion about Medicaid work requirements and other Medicaid issues

overdiagnosis 13.08.2025 8:06 ↓

A discussion of the issue of overdiagnosis, and overtreatment, in medicine

Introduction to Renewing the Podcast 12.08.2025 3:39 ↓

I am restarting the podcast, here is a brief introduction to it

test 31.07.2025 0:06 ↓

testing

Adaptive Immunity to CV-19 23.11.2020 4:36 ↓

a very brief and basic introduction to adaptive immunity and CV-19

some coronavirus numbers 09.05.2020 4:57 ↓

call your legislators and tell them to end this insanity

coronavirus status 05.05.2020 6:33 ↓

General information available at www.healthy-skeptic.com

Coronavirus basics 05.05.2020 4:57 ↓

The website has a ton of information and a google search will get you a lot more.  www.healthy-skeptic.com

coronavirus 26.03.2020 4:01 ↓

written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

national health expenditures 26.03.2020 3:19 ↓

written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

drug prices 26.03.2020 3:54 ↓

written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/24/drug-rebates/

mental illness and Medicare spending 26.03.2020 3:37 ↓

written post at https://healthy-skeptic.com/2020/03/23/mental-health-and-total-spending-in-medicare-patients/