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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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Apr 24 2024

More Real Climate Science

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new set of studies undercuts the entire CO2 will cause further warming hypothesis.
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Apr 24 2024

Another of the Regular Updates on US Debt Sales

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A "good" two-year US note auction is good only because a high interest rate was offered.
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Apr 23 2024

The Babe

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Babe Ruth was a towering figure and exceptional athlete, with a woeful personal life.
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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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Eight Sleep, another one of those weird names that litter health care, raised a new round of capital which supposedly values the company at $1.5 billion.  Eight Sleep sells sleep...
March 10, 2026
Simplistically, high health spending is due to high hospital prices, which is due to excessive market power.  An article shows just how concentrated most US hospital markets are.   In...
March 10, 2026
Mental health companies are very hot.  Virtual mental health services provider Talkspace is being bought by hospital operator Universal Health for around $835 million, a high multiple of revenue and...
March 10, 2026
There are so many health care companies that people struggle to come up with names and we end with weird stuff like Grow Therapy, which nonetheless raised $150 million to...
March 4, 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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