This week will see the end of the CV-19 epidemic-related tables and charts on Minnesota data, but the blog will carry on.
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Ice cores reveal the inconvenient truth that temperatures have been significantly higher in the past and CO2 levels don't appear to be the dominant factor in temperature level.
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Minnesota passes an extreme cannibis legalization bill, ensuring higher rates of schizophrenia among teens and young adults.
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The jobs numbers are phony, until revised, productivity is declining and unit labor costs are rising. The economy sucks.
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Sea levels are rising incredibly slowly, are not accelerating, and don't threaten our coasts, but whacko-environmentalists spread their lies anyway.
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Infections are being contracted in a hospital at an increasing rate, endangering patient health.
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CVS has finalized its $10.6 billion buyout of Oak Street health, which operates primary care centers for Medicare members. People may think CVS is a drug store company, but it bought Aetna a few years ago and Aetna provides the majority of revenue. CVS also owns a very large pharmacy benefit management division. Insurers increasingly own providers, partly to help manage costs, but mostly to skirt profit limits on insurance products. More unneeded and ill-advised consolidation in health care.
https://www.cvshealth.com/news/company-news/cvs-health-completes-acquisition-of-oak-street-health.htmlYay, we are number 48, as Dems destroy Miinnesota's economy, our outlook is one of the worst in the country and our quality of life is declining.
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American students don't know anything about history either.
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Data on educational level achieved and income is illuminating.
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Data from the National Center of Education Statistics reflects the lack of educational attainment in US schools.
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Important research continues to dribble out related to the epidemic and our response to it.
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A David Brooks op-ed misleading claims people flee Democratic-run states to go to Dem urban areas in conservative states.
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Minnesota ranks near the bottom in economic growth and personal income growth for the 4th quarter and all of 2022.
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About this Blog
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.