Commentary

Due to odd pandemic spending patterns, health care spending and price growth is below general growth in those categories.

More research summaries, heavy on vaccines and the effect of prior infections.

Higher prices for health care aren't associated with better quality.

An updated look at the year-over-year charts, from which some interesting facts can be gleaned.

An updated look at week-over-week cases and change in cases shows very low current activity.

A pictorial look at comparative vax and unvaxed cases, but serious questions about the data.

A few more research gems, okay maybe not gems, but supposedly research.

A couple of quick notes on climate propaganda, and that is exactly what it is. Truth hurts.

Minnesotans pay more and more for schools, while children learn less and less.

A pernicious trend in the US health system has been the consolidation of hospitals and purchase of physician practices by these larger health systems.

The fully vaxed population accounts for most epidemic events.

Beware a renewed wave of panic and hysteria.

Another piece of research seeking to understand why utilization patterns vary even within a geographic area.

Bundled episode payments for orthopedic and other surgical procedures negotiated directly with providers saved employers and employees a fair amount of money.

The epidemic is on the downslide, but not the onslaught of research summaries.