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Sep 09 2022

More on Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 32 Comments
These are the most important charts I periodically post--this is what Tim Walz and Jan Malcolm did to Minnesotans--killed them with the terror campaign.
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Nov 07 2020

The Lowbrow Crowd Arrives

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
Don't read the blog if you aren't interested in a thoughtful discussion of the science and the data relating to the epidemic and don't comment if you have no intellectual…
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Mar 24 2020

Do Your Part to Bring Sanity to Coronavirus Reactions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We all need to step up and insist that appropriate action be taken to protect Americans from the ruination of our economy.
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Mar 20 2020

More Straight Talk on Coronavirus

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The destruction of the economy has real consequences for people's lives, and those consequences are far worse than anything coronavirus could do.
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Mar 18 2020

More on the Damage from the Irrational Coronavirus Reaction

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We all need to think about whether the extreme damage that is being done to people's lives by the reaction to the coronavirus isn't worse than the disease itself.
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Nov 26 2025

Have a Very Warm and Kind Thanksgiving

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Happy thanksgiving and mucho thanks to all you readers.
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Nov 25 2025

The KFF Health Benefits Survey, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More details from the 2025 Kaiser Family Foundation survey on employer health benefits.
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Nov 24 2025

Health Affairs, November 2025 Issue

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A review of research findings published in the current issue of Health Affairs.
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Nov 22 2025

The Anti-Strib, November 22, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another week or so of bad journalism from the paper that claims to inform Minnesota.
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Nov 21 2025

August JOLTS

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A little job openings and terminations data comes out.
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Nov 21 2025

US Debt Auctions, Week of November 17, 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
This weeks' results suggest investors are looking for higher interest payments on US debt.
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Nov 21 2025

There Is No Science Behind Gender Ideology

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Health and Human Services issues a report detailing how damaging the butchery of children in the name of gender ideology is.
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Nov 20 2025

Minnesota’s Economic Decline

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's sharp economic decline is clearly revealed in a new report.
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Nov 20 2025

Jobs Numbers from BLS

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The September jobs data was better than expectations, although not great.
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Nov 20 2025

Consumer Price Data Released in November

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
In the year ending September 2025, inflation as measured by the CPI was 3%; not bad, not great.
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Nov 19 2025

The Tariffs Are Doing Nothing for the Trade Deficit

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The US trade deficit is essentially where it was before Trump started the tariff wars.
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Nov 19 2025

Another Survey on Employer Health Costs in 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More evidence of a substantial health plan cost rise in 2026.
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Nov 18 2025

The Economic Effect of Tariffs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Tariffs may not raise overall inflation, but they suppress economic activity.
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Nov 17 2025

Medicare Advantage and Inappropriate Utilization

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new study finds that provider organizations entering into risk-based financial arrangements with Medicare Advantage plans had little change in utilization patterns.
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Nov 16 2025

TikTok, Reels, et al Need to Go Now

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Short-form videos are extremely bad for your cognitive and mental health.
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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This is an outstanding report on total global drug spending and trends, with projections out to 2025.  It helps you understand this important area of health care, which does much...
June 1, 2021
The Office of the Actuary annual report on national health spending, covering 2018.
December 7, 2019
2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Report
October 1, 2019
MedPAC 2019 Report to Congress
June 18, 2019

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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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