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May 08 2024

Specialty Drug Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One substantial cause of high and growing health care spending is the cost of specialty drugs, particularly when delivered in a hospital outpatient setting.
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May 07 2024

Venture Capital in 2023

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The venture capital community is still struggling with exits and poor investments.
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May 06 2024

Drug Spending and Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
US drug spending remains high, with more expensive drugs continuing to come on the market particularly for weight loss and cancer.
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May 04 2024

Too Much Research on Everything, So Some Quick Hits, First on Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I have too much stuff sitting around so just going to try to quickly clear some out.
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May 03 2024

Jobs in April

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A jobs report disappoints to the downside for once, but who knows how reliable the data is.
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May 02 2024

A Couple of Pretty Obvious CV-19 Findings

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We are relearning a lot of basics about respiratory viruses that were forgotten during the epidemics.
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May 01 2024

All the Economic News that Fits, or Gives You Fits

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The underlying rottenness of the US economy continues to poke through and is getting harder for the administration to hide.
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May 01 2024

Another Climate Research Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
If you look, you will find research that debunks climate hysteria.
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Apr 30 2024

Government Employment Is a Big Problem

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Governments keep hiring more and more people who do little and get paid a lot.
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Apr 30 2024

More on Medicare’s Financial Woes

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Most Americans are unaware of how precarious the finances are of key programs they depend on, like Medicare.
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Apr 28 2024

Environmental Impacts of Various Energy Sources

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A report illustrates some of the environmental damage caused by renewable energies, and overstates the harm from fossil fuels.
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Apr 27 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more research summaries as this series staggers to an end.
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Apr 26 2024

More on Tom Wolfe

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A little digression into some of Tom Wolfe's writings.
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Apr 25 2024

Uh-oh, the Economic Crap Hits the Fan

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The economy is slowing and inflation accelerating while productivity declines. What a great combination.
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Apr 25 2024

Another of Your Regular US Debt Sales Updates

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The five-year US Treasury note runs into resistance in a weaker auction than that for the two-year note.
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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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