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Aug 01 2024

Deloitte and Meharry Lose Their Minds Over Mental Health Equity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another whacked piece of research on health care in America.
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Jul 31 2024

More on Government Employee Compensation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another report shows the divergence in private and government employee compensation.
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Jul 30 2024

First Economic Update of the Week

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Another weird and likely abysmal report of job openings, hires and separations.
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Jul 28 2024

More Garbage Research on the Futile Efforts to Suppress CV-19 Spread

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
People are still trying to convince us that lockdowns, masks and vaccines limited the spread of CV-19, even though almost every American has been infected at least once and most…
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Jul 27 2024

More Delightful Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The usual suspect government economic reports were released.
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Jul 27 2024

I Can’t Explain Fat Timmy Much Better Than This

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
And op-ed nails Little Timmy.
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Jul 25 2024

The US Debt Auctions Are Sending a Message, No One Is Listening

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The size of US debt auctions is creating problems even at the shorter end--wait til you see what happens at the end of summer.
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Jul 25 2024

Preventing Cancer

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research on behavioral choices that affect cancer risk is likely over-stated.
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Jul 24 2024

People Don’t Work As Much if They Get a Guaranteed Income–Duh!

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Giving people money leads them to work less and actually have less total income.
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Jul 23 2024

Unscientific Transgender Garbage

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The most looney-tunes of all pro(re)gressive policies is the transgender absurdity for which there is no evidence, so the whackos make up their own.
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Jul 22 2024

Make the Green Nonsense Stop, I Am Laughing too Hard

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As I keep saying, "renewable, green" energy and climate hysteria are completely fraudulent.
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Jul 21 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 9

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Wow, still cranking a few of these summaries out.
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Jul 20 2024

2025 Increases in Health Costs Will Keep Inflation Up

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A PWC report suggests a very substantial increase in commercial plan health spending in 2025, driven largely by price rises.
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Jul 19 2024

More Green Frivolity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
I can't help but be amused when the renewable energy crowd's lies are exposed by reality.
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Jul 19 2024

Another Example of How Hospitals Make Money off of Payers and Consumers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The same expensive therapy may have a different cost if done in a different setting.
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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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