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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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May 20 2026

May 2026 Issue of Health Affairs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A truly junk science issue of Health Affairs, reflecting the extreme radical ideology of the editors.
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May 19 2026

Excess Death Causes in the United States

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The US has "excess" deaths compared to other developed countries, but a new study ignores the real cause--different demographics and poor health behaviors.
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May 18 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Studies still leaking out that debunk some of the climate hysteria narrative.
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May 17 2026

Cancer Incidence

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
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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May 16 2026

Don’t Know Much ‘Bout ‘Rithmetic, Minneapolis Style

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Raising the minimum wage lowers employment and has other pernicious effects.
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May 15 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of May 11, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A very bad week for interest rates and US debt auctions.
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May 14 2026

CPI and PPI

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Inflation at the consumer and wholesale level is beginning to tick up, largely due to energy costs.
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May 13 2026

Minnesota’s Ripoff Non-profit Hospitals

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota has a new source of shame, our hospitals are the worst at abusing poor patients.
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May 12 2026

Health Insurance Changes as of the End of 2025

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The data reveals a small decline in the number of people with health insurance of some type.
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May 11 2026

The History of Money by David McWilliams

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
My journey back into the world of non-fiction looks at the history of money.
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May 10 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, May 10, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Pacific cyclones, which are the equivalent of hurricanes, also show no upturn in number or strength.
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May 09 2026

April 2026 Employment Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A surprisingly good jobs report in most respects.
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May 08 2026

May 2026 JOLTS Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
March job openings, hires and separations data is released.
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May 07 2026

The Strib Wins a Booby Prize

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The lunatic left Strib gets a prize from the lunatic left Columbia University, which hands out Pulitizers.
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May 06 2026

The Catcher in the Rye

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A re-reading of the Salinger "classic" reveals that there really isn't much there.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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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 through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com. © Roche Consulting, LLC. Terms of Use.

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