Healthy Skeptic

Harms of THC 20.10.2025 4:48 ↓

People should be aware of the many mental and physical health harms caused by THC products.

geographic variation in health spending 16.10.2025 6:20 ↓

A discussion about the research on geographic variation in health spending, using the military health system as a test bed

income and wealth inequality 15.10.2025 4:34 ↓

A discussion about trends in income and wealth inequality

influenza vaccines 14.10.2025 6:28 ↓

A discussion about the Cochrane reviews of flu vaccine effectiveness and the need to have newer and better studies

Health Care Reimbursement by Setting 13.10.2025 3:57 ↓

The health system wastes a lot of money reimbursing for the exact same diagnostic or procedure differentially depending on where it is performed. Hospital outpatient departments are expensive.

Mark Twain 12.10.2025 6:44 ↓

A quick review of the Ron Chernow bio of Mark Twain and of Twain's life

The state of the State of Minnesota 08.10.2025 4:14 ↓

A discourse on the pathetic descent of Minnesota under 16 years of Dem rule

cancer diagnoses 06.10.2025 6:03 ↓

a discussion about whether a rise in cancer cases is due to more screening or reflects a true increase in the number of cases.

The ice that won't melt 04.10.2025 3:53 ↓

The arctic ice melt season has come and gone, and the minimum extent was completely consistent with levels over the past decade. Contrary to the hysteric narrative, there is ample evidence that natural variability, not human activities, is the primary factor in Arctic ice variability

More on Tylenol and Autism 02.10.2025 4:15 ↓

More discussion on the large Swedish study and a similar Japanese study finding no link and showing good use of research methods.

inflation September 2025 29.09.2025 5:25 ↓

A discussion of recent inflation and other economic reports

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