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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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Jun 13 2026

Elon Musk, Success and Hate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Elon Musk's companies have brought incredible benefits to Americans and others around the world, so he is hated by Dems.
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Jun 13 2026

The Fate of Empires

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An interesting paper on the history of "dominant" nations.
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Jun 12 2026

US Debt Auctions Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A mixed week for US debt auctions, but the overall trend to higher rates is not good for out deficits.
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Jun 12 2026

More on the Stop-Loss Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The stop-loss insurance market is facing the same challenges as its client base of self-funded employers.
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Jun 11 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of June 8, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A short week's work and now a couple of weeks break on the anti-Strib.
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Jun 11 2026

CPI, May 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The May consumer price index rose significantly, as expected due to the rise in oil prices.
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Jun 10 2026

Minnesota Is Not Even Close to a Good State

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new ranking of states hilariously gives Minnesota a high score.
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Jun 10 2026

Non-profit Organization Management Compensation Abuse

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The IRS proposes to broaden the tax on excessive non-profit compensation, but has way too high a bar for "excessive".
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Jun 10 2026

The Anti-Strib, Weeks of May 25 and June 1, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I am finally pretty much caught up on the Strib and my brain is rotted.
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Jun 09 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of May 18, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The never-ending effort to get caught up on the Strib shenanigans.
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Jun 09 2026

France

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another European history read, of France.
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Jun 08 2026

The City of Minneapolis Is So Bad You Are Left Speechless

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The city of Minneapolis is simply governed in an unbelievable fashion.
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Jun 08 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of May 11, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A continuation of my catchup chore.
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Jun 07 2026

The Anti-Strib, Week of May 2, 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The first week or so of Strib catchup is in the books.
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Jun 05 2026

Employment Report for May 2026

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A stronger employment report for May than was expected.
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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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GoHealth is another of those excessively valued health startups that was always destined to flounder and not it has filed bankruptcy and the company will be turned over to lenders....
June 8, 2026
Garner Health isn’t gathering any accolades from me, as it raises a new round of $100 million in capital at about a $2.5 billion valuation.   The company supposedly steers...
June 2, 2026
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

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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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