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Sep 06 2024

August Jobs Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The August jobs report will likely be revised downward and is a mixed bag.
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Sep 04 2024

The Latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The JOLTS report for July was pretty bad.
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Sep 04 2024

Little Timmy Walz, Demagogue

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our governor is showing his worst side, well, really, his only side, on the national stage. He is a lying, demagoguing totalitarian.
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Sep 03 2024

I Am Done (not) With Coronamonomania, Part 7

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another round of summaries from the ongoing CV-19 research.
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Sep 02 2024

Venture Capital Activity in 2024 Second Quarter

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The venture capital cycle is no running at optimal speed, with likely adverse effects on the economy.
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Aug 31 2024

Tim Walz, the Gift that Keeps on Giving

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
People in Minnesota are delighted to see Little Timmy get portrayed as he really is--a small, shallow person who has to inflate his life accomplishments and lie about everything.
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Aug 30 2024

Tim Walz, Education Governor

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
The latest test and attendance ratings demonstrate how much damage fake teacher of the year Timmy Walz has done to students in Minnesota's schools.
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Aug 29 2024

Another Quick Note on the Week’s Treasury Auctions

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The US Treasury is playing games with debt issuance, trying to avoid the collapse of the market for anything with a five year or longer term.
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Aug 29 2024

Death Certificates in Minnesota During the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
My home state attempts to justify how it exaggerated CV-19 deaths during the epidemic.
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Aug 28 2024

Mortality Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Newly released data on deaths in 2023 reveals some interesting changes in various causes and trends.
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Aug 27 2024

It Really Is Climate Hysteria

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Climate hysteria relies on outright lies and twisting of the actual data, whether it is about warming, sea levels or any other issue.
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Aug 26 2024

More Evidence that Health Care Inflation Is High and Rising

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An association of large employer health plans is also projecting a large 8% increase in health plan costs in 2025.
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Aug 26 2024

Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I finished a reread of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, which is highly relevant to today's world.
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Aug 24 2024

Weekend Climate and Energy Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
More research and articles on the climate hysteria and renewable energy follies.
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Aug 24 2024

It Is a Pretty Important Election

By Kevin Roche Commentary 7 Comments
The Dems are exactly who RFK, Jr. said they are, anti-democratic fascists who want to control every aspect of your life. Joy indeed.
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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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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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