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Oct 24 2024

Interest Rates and More on Minnesota Jobs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's only source of job growth is government and interest rates on US debt continue to soar.
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Oct 23 2024

Minnesota Jobs and Employed Persons

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Federal data suggests Minnesota is adding jobs but has fewer employed persons--the likely explanation is more people holding multiple part-time jobs.
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Oct 22 2024

Our Prescription Drug Market Is Not a Free Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An article in the NEJM buttresses my view that prescription drugs don't operate in a free-market because of the monopoly granted by patents.
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Oct 22 2024

Telemedicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Telemedicine access had little impact on most aspects of health care delivery.
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Oct 21 2024

I Am Really Tired of the Masking Stuff

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another masking research review tries to pretend that there is any actual data showing any benefit of masks in suppressing community spread.
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Oct 20 2024

Global Warming Is Not Accelerating, Human Caused Global Warming Is Non-existent

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A study in Nature, of all places, finds no acceleration in warming over the last 50 years, buttressing the likelihood everything we are seeing is a natural cycle.
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Oct 19 2024

Woke Art

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Portland, Maine art museum is a prime example of the ignorance of woke ideology.
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Oct 19 2024

Watch Out for Consumer Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Consumers are maxing out on credit card debt.
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Oct 18 2024

Minnesota’s Population Woes Continue

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest Census Bureau data on state-to-state migration shows Minnesota continuing to lose residents.
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Oct 17 2024

Biden/Harris Thank God for Seasonal Adjustments

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fake data report from the Biden/Harris Election Complex, also known as the supposedly neutral federal government statistic producers.
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Oct 17 2024

Revised Crime Statistics

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The FBI sneakily revises crime data from 2022 that shows an increase as opposed to the decrease initially reported.
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Oct 16 2024

Electrifying News

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Electric cars don't come close to meeting manufacturer claims about distance between charging.
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Oct 15 2024

Among Other Problems, Turns Out Renewable Energy Is Fragile

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Solar plants are very exposed to storm damage and you pay the cost of repair or replacement.
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Oct 14 2024

Health Spending Growth

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
US health care spending is rising faster than economic growth and is the major contributor to ongoing federal budget issues.
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Oct 13 2024

Measuring Temperatures

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet another realistic piece of climate research finds issues with the fundamental "its warming" message of the hysterics.
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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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