Despite fearsome headlines, there is a small change in the rate of cancers in the population and that change is largely due to better screening practices.
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Raising the minimum wage lowers employment and has other pernicious effects.
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A very bad week for interest rates and US debt auctions.
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Inflation at the consumer and wholesale level is beginning to tick up, largely due to energy costs.
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Minnesota has a new source of shame, our hospitals are the worst at abusing poor patients.
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The data reveals a small decline in the number of people with health insurance of some type.
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My journey back into the world of non-fiction looks at the history of money.
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Pacific cyclones, which are the equivalent of hurricanes, also show no upturn in number or strength.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.