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Dec 09 2024

Medicare Advantage’s Trials and Tribulations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare Advantage program has some issues, but it is far better for Medicare beneficiaries than FFS Medicare is.
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Dec 08 2024

Health Insurance and Murder

By Kevin Roche Commentary 23 Comments
Celebrating the murder of businesspeople is the new norm for pro(re)gressive Dems.
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Dec 07 2024

What Is the Real Employment Situation?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another muddled employment report creates an ongoing difficulty in ascertaining the real state of the economy.
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Dec 06 2024

The Incompetent Blowhard Strikes Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Fat Timmy is bankrupting Minnesota as fast as he can.
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Dec 05 2024

Climate Hysteria, December 5, 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
If you want to understand the last 4000 years of temperature change, read this article.
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Dec 04 2024

December 2024 JOLTS Report

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
When job numbers bounce around this much, it makes you wonder.
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Dec 03 2024

Inflation Isn’t Going Away

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care and health insurance prices are rising rapidly, contributing to ongoing inflation.
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Dec 02 2024

Pardon Me?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 8 Comments
Bidementia's pardon of his son is unforgiveable.
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Nov 30 2024

Climate Hysteria, November 30 Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hard to know if there is a warming trend if you don't have accurate historic temperature measurements.
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Nov 29 2024

Not News to Those of Us Living in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A little-known fact about Minnesota won't actually surprise you.
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Nov 29 2024

Victor Hugo

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
My latest biographical report, on French author Victor Hugo.
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Nov 28 2024

Thanksgiving 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
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Nov 27 2024

What!! DEI May Actually Exacerbate Divisions and Prevent Unity

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New research finds the obvious--DEI programs make relations between people worse.
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Nov 27 2024

The Weekly Climate Truth, November 26, 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another piece of research challenges the climate hysterics' narrative about warming temperatures and melting ice.
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Nov 26 2024

US Debt Auctions Perk Up

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A couple of weirdly strong US debt auctions suggest so Trump relief factor that likely isn't justified in light of the unlikelihood of deficit action.
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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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IKS Health, a British company with a US subsidiary that offers “care enablement” and mentions AI, of course,  is buying TruBridge for $557 million.  TruBridge offers revenue cycle management and...
April 30, 2026
Innovacer, which basically collects data on a patient from multiple sources and aggregates it, raised an astounding $275 million in new capital, supposedly at a valuation of almost $3.5 billion....
April 22, 2026
A company called Whoop raised a ridiculous $575 million in new capital at a supposed $10 billion valuation.  The press release was released on April 1, so I would like...
April 5, 2026
Big deals continue in health care financings.  eMed, which manages weight loss medications for employers, raises a hefty $200 million, giving it a valuation of $2 billion, which seems crazy....
March 31, 2026

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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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