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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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Sep 07 2026

The Impact of Removal of Illegal Immigrants on Jobs and Votes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Almost 3 million illegal and legal immigrants have left the country since the start of 2025.
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Sep 06 2026

Everything You Need to Know About Why We Are Doomed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Clancy trial reveals just how depraved and warped our society has become.
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Sep 06 2026

Mary Moriarty Kills Two Minneapolis Residents

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Failing to take action against career criminals is common in Minneapolis and frequently leads to tragedy.
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Sep 06 2026

Gender Ideology’s Proponents

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Gender ideology proponents are far-left authoritarians with mental illnesses.
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Sep 05 2026

Excess Mortality During the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Geographic variation in excess mortality during the epidemic, is most strongly correlated with income and education levels.
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Sep 05 2026

RSV Vaccine in Nursing Homes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The RSV vaccines likely have very limited effectiveness.
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Sep 04 2026

Blowout Jobs Report for August 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
An unexpectedly good jobs report for August, which upward revisions for July and June as well.
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Sep 04 2026

2025 Provisional Death Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Provisional 2025 death data shows the lowest rate ever, suggesting that there may have been pull-forward deaths during the epidemic.
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Sep 03 2026

AI and Data Centers

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
China and other adversaries are doing their best to help the enemies of progress inside the US.
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Sep 03 2026

Cancer Drug Dosing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Cancer drug doses could be lowered without reducing efficacy, which would save billions and prevent side effects.
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Sep 02 2026

The Anti-Strib, Weeks After August 17, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple more weeks of Strib absurdity.
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Sep 02 2026

JOLTS, July 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Pretty much no change in regard to job openings, hires or separations in July.
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Sep 02 2026

Lifetime Taxes by State

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota is a very high tax state, and that feeds directly into its affordability problem.
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Sep 01 2026

More Vaccine Safety Drama

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another flawed study on heart inflammation and vaccines and CV-19 infection.
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Aug 31 2026

A Note on Jobs Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A more accurate data source on jobs is expected to have a slight upward revision to the typical BLS numbers.
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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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Thyme Care decides its time to party, spicing up its business with a fresh $125 million in capital, with a valuation of over $2 billion.  The company helps manage cancer...
September 3, 2026
Virtual physical therapy company Sword Health sticks it to shareholders by acquiring virtual mental health company Headspace in an all cash deal valued at somewhere between $200 million and $300...
August 29, 2026
Cityblock raises $116 million in new capital, partly to help with the acquisition of Homeward Health.  Cityblock coordinates and provides care in urban settings and Homeward is focused on rural...
August 21, 2026
Happy Health is ecstatic to raise $75 million in new capital for its home health monitoring platform, which helps manage sleep apnea and other problems.  We will see how ecstatic...
August 20, 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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