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Sep 14 2024

More Good News from the Federal Government

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Social Security is going broke even faster than previously projected.
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Sep 13 2024

Mental Health by Political Preference

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Especially for young women, buying into whacko leftist ideologies is a recipe for having mental health problems.
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Sep 13 2024

Interest on the US Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The federal debt interest payments are taking over the federal budget and will cause immense pain in the near and long term.
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Sep 12 2024

Deaths in the United Kingdom

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Identifying what happened with mortality and death rates before and after the epidemic is complex, as a study from the UK demonstrates.
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Sep 11 2024

Inflation, Interest Rates and Domestic Migration

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Inflation is higher than desired and will stay that way and interest rates will remain high as well. Smart people move to low tax, low cost states.
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Sep 09 2024

Climate is Complex

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Natural processes and cycles are responsible for almost all the variation in global weather and climate parameters.
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Sep 08 2024

A Few Election Ramblings

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
We are two months away from a truly critical election for the future of the country.
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Sep 07 2024

I Am Done with Coronamonomania, Part 8

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Interesting research keeps getting published, so I keep reading it and writing these summaries.
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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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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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Focussed primary care clinics had a moment, particularly in regard to Medicare Advantage plans, and that moment has kind of passed.  Similar clinics were operated for employers and other group...
January 29, 2026
Drive Medical, a provider of mobility and other health equipment, is acquiring Compass Health, which provides a variety of consumer health products.  No price terms were released.
January 29, 2026
Sword Health, which offers physical therapy and pain management programs is acquiring Kaia Health,  a German company which focuses on “digital” musculoskeletal and COPD care.  The price is $285 million.
January 29, 2026
This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 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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