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Nov 29 2021

KFF Report on Health Plan Benefits in 2021

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes employer health benefit plans in 2021.
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Nov 29 2021

2022 Medical Cost Trend Expectations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
WillisTowersWatson gives us their projections for medical cost trends heading into 2022.
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Nov 29 2021

Why Care Management Isn’t Cost-Effective

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A study on the impact of a Medicare cancer care improvement program finds no real value.
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Nov 28 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 60

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
As the holiday weekend comes to a close and Moronic terrorism rises, we keep pumping out the research summaries.
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Nov 26 2021

Out With the Nu, In With the Moronic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Words fail me to describe what kind of an Alice-in-Wonderland world we live in today.
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Nov 26 2021

Meet the Nu Variant, Same as the Old Variant, We Won’t Get Fooled Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Another variant, another excuse for terror.
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Nov 26 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 59

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
I attempt to ruin your holiday by injecting yet more CV-19 research study summaries.
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Nov 25 2021

Breakthrough Events, November 22 Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The weekly update on breakthrough event proportions.
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Nov 25 2021

Active Cases, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active case update does not show clear rollover yet.
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Nov 25 2021

Week-Over-Week Charts, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Unclear direction also signaled by week-over-week case and hospitalization charts.
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Nov 25 2021

Year-Over-Year Chart, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest year-over-year chart gives a suggestion of case plateauing or reversal, but not much of one.
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Nov 25 2021

Long-term Care Deaths, November 22

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on long-term care facility resident deaths.
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Nov 23 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 58

By Kevin Roche Commentary 11 Comments
A burst of research to start the week, so here is a summary of a few important papers.
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Nov 22 2021

Answers to Some Reader Questions

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
I answer a number of reader questions.
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Nov 22 2021

Happy Thanksgiving Week

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
Forget everything else and enjoy family and friends this week. Ignore the public health bobos.
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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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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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