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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 30 2026

JOLTS For August 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey covering August shows no substantial change in the labor market.d
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Sep 29 2026

Cancer Mortality

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Screenings and better treatments have led to a significant drop in cancer mortality and lengthening of survival times.
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Sep 28 2026

Physician Compensation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Excessive physician pay, particularly in specialties, is a definite factor in our high health spending and insurance costs.
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Sep 27 2026

Site of Care Reimbursement

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Standardizing reimbursement across all sites of care is an easy way to help lower health spending.
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Sep 26 2026

Short Videos Are Not Good For Your Cognition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Using short videos for "educational" purposes has a negative effect on learning, also known as "learing" for those in Minnesota.
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Sep 25 2026

Normandy ’44

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A book on D-Day and its aftermath is well worth a read.
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Sep 25 2026

US Debt Auctions, Week of September 21, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An atrocious week for US debt sales.
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Sep 24 2026

CV-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Is Still Being Analyzed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New research demonstrates again the extremely limited impact of CV-19 vax either on coronavirus disease or other respiratory disease.
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Sep 23 2026

The Transgender Delusion, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A report finds no association between state bans on gender-disaffirming care and suicides by children.
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Sep 22 2026

The Transgender Delusion, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A report from HHS details the horrific abuse of young patients by medical professionals seeking big bucks from the transgender delusion.
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Sep 21 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, September 21, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The journal Nature has to retract yet another obviously bad hysterical climate study.
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Sep 20 2026

Debunking Climate Hysteria, September 20, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The South China Sea shows no evidence of unusual recent warming and was warmer 5000 years ago than it is today.
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Sep 19 2026

The Anti-Strib, September 10-18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A drop of crap before I leave this benighted state for a week.
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Sep 19 2026

Democratic Fund-Raising Fraud

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Dem party actively encourages illegal foreign campaign contributions.
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Sep 18 2026

Politicians Getting Rich, Peggy Flanagan Style

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Peggy Flanagan is a despicable Dem politician running for Senate in Minnesota, who has managed to grow her wealth tremendously while in office.
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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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There is some weird angle here, as Angle Health raises $600 million in a new capital round, but it appears some of it is to provide liquidity to existing shareholders....
September 22, 2026
More AI craziness in health care.  A company called H1 is buying Defacto Health for God-knows how much money.  Both companies claim an AI background and to help with “provider...
September 11, 2026
To show you how AI fever has infected every part of the investing world, this company, Forus, raised $150 million in new capital at a $3 billion valuation by saying...
September 9, 2026
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

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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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