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Apr 21 2024

Bill Maher Speaks

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Bill Maher speaks truth to whackos.
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Apr 19 2024

Another Body Blow to Gender Dis-Affirmation

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A review from Britain reveals the complete lack of any scientific evidence to support the butchering of children in the name of gender ideology.
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Apr 18 2024

Progress Against Cancer

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The US has made particularly good progress in treating cancer and limiting mortality, but much more can be done.
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Apr 17 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 4, Vax Safety Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A somewhat lengthy examination of recent studies related mostly to vax safety, the results of which will drive the vax safety nuts even nuttier.
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Apr 16 2024

Concentration of US Health Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Another version of my favorite brief on who is responsible for health is out, with epidemic impact included.
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Apr 15 2024

Climate Hysteria Is Based on Made-up Data, Fast Update

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There could be no climate hysteria if not for grotesque data manipulation.
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Apr 14 2024

More Medicare Advantage Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Rates of switching to Medicare Advantage plans accelerated dramatically in the last 15 years and the MA plans generally have lower hospital use for the same condition compared to FFS…
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Apr 13 2024

The Ongoing Climate Follies

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Don't tell the climate hysterics, but alternatives to plastic have higher CO2 emissions.
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Apr 11 2024

More Great US Debt Sales News

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More bad news for sellers, i.e., the US Treasury, and holders of US debt.
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Apr 11 2024

Is Sanity Returning on Gender Dis-affirmation?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Research demonstrates how badly the transgender whackos lie about pimping this garbage on children and adolescents.
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Apr 10 2024

The Economic Numbers Are Getting Too Bad to Hide

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A bad Treasury debt auction yesterday might have influenced by foreknowledge of a higher than expected inflation report today.
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Apr 10 2024

Medicare and End-of-Life Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A Medicare program to improve end-of-life care lowered expenses and allowed beneficiaries to spend more time at home near the end of their lives.
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Apr 09 2024

50 Years of Futile Attempts to Increase Physican Access

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Government policies to increase the number of physicians in rural and other shortage areas have had no impact for 50 years.
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Apr 08 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Yet another wind-down post in regard to epidemic research.
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Apr 07 2024

The Duke

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
My latest adventure in biography-land is the iconic American western actor John Wayne.
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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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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
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

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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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