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Nov 02 2024

Thank God It Will All Be Over Soon

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our political process is driving us all crazy.
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Nov 01 2024

A Review of the Federal Government’s CV-19 Response

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A US House Committee notes the obvious--the federal government's response to the epidemic was flawed and heavy-handed.
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Nov 01 2024

Ouch, the Jobs Numbers Continue to Unwind

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The official jobs report for October is a big surprise to the downside, with reductions in prior estimates for September and August as well.
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Oct 31 2024

Climate Models Are Worthless

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A key parameter in climate models is off by 30%, according to new research. Which direction do you think the error goes?
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Oct 30 2024

The Latest Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Not sure what to make of all the economic news, but the employment market looks weaker and inflation stronger than commonly perceived.
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Oct 28 2024

Have I Mentioned that the US Has a Debt Problem?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
US debt interest rates are rising due to huge auction sizes, which aren't shrinking any time soon.
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Oct 27 2024

Offshore Wind Power Is Expensive, Unreliable and Dangerous

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new report finds that offshore wind farms are not free of harms.
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Oct 26 2024

The Latest on Health Spending and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending and prices continue their upward march.
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Oct 25 2024

Tim Walz Chases Businesses Out of Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Tim Walz is driving business and jobs out of Minnesota.
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Oct 25 2024

Transgender Insanity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
A transgender ideologue refuses to publish a study showing the lack of benefit of the drugs she prescribes to children to make money.
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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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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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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
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

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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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