Skip to main content
Healthy Skeptic
search
Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts
  • search
Close Search
Dec 02 2021

THE MORONIC VARIANT COMES TO MINNESOTA–TIME FOR SUPER-PANIC!!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 9 Comments
The Moronic variety arrives in Minnesota and will end life, especially unintelligent life, as we know it. Would that be so bad?
Read More
Dec 01 2021

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 61

By Kevin Roche Commentary 30 Comments
A few research summaries from the road.
Read More
Nov 30 2021

Hospital Capacity and Use, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Some good work from Dave Dixon to explain some of the oddities in Minnesota hospital capacity and use reporting.
Read More
Nov 30 2021

Breakthrough Event Proportions Update, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary 10 Comments
Soon over 50% of all events will be in the fully vaxed.
Read More
Nov 30 2021

Age Structure, November 29

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest version of the age structure charts.
Read More
Nov 30 2021

Que Es Mas Protective? El Vacuna or el infeccion?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An attempt at ascertaining comparative per capita rates for the vaxed, unvaxed and previously infected.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
Nov 25 2021

Breakthrough Events, November 22 Update

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

Active Cases, November 24

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Active case update does not show clear rollover yet.
Read More
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • …
  • 421
  • Next

✅ Receive notifications of new posts by email.

About this Blog

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.

Healthy Skeptic Podcast

Research

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

Headlines

There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026

Tags

Access (89) ACO (165) Care Management (268) Chronic Disease (216) Comparative Effectiveness (81) Consumer Directed Health (71) Consumers (514) Devices (168) Disease Management (149) Drugs (605) EHRs (145) Elder Care (149) End-of-Life Care (97) FDA (85) Financings (1843) Genomics (80) Government (357) Health Care Costs (1428) Health Care Quality (616) Health Care Reform (1227) Health Insurance (1116) Health Insurance Exchange (162) HIT (478) HomeCare (76) Hospital (490) Hospital Readmissions (79) Legislation (78) M&A (1723) Malpractice (84) Meaningful Use (105) Medicaid (334) Medical Care (346) Medicare (607) Medicare Advantage (80) Mobile (89) Pay For Performance (92) Pharmaceutical (211) Physicians (569) Providers (252) Regulation (72) Repealing Reform (133) Telehealth (79) Telemedicine (325) Wellness and Prevention (316) Workplace (117)

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.

Categories

  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research

Useful Links

  • Health Affairs
  • Congressional Budget Office

RSS Feed

RSS feed

© 2026 Healthy Skeptic.

  • twitter
  • facebook
  • linkedin
Close Menu
  • Commentary
  • Headlines
  • Research
  • Useful Links
  • About & Contact
  • Podcasts