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Jul 11 2024

That Really Scary 2025 Project

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The newest fake news attack on Trump involves the 2025 Project, a completely mainstream policy recommendation from a long-time think tank.
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Jul 10 2024

Energy and Electricity Prices in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
My motto for the pro(re)gressive Dems is "Making Everything You Need Cost More". Minnesota Dems are doing that in spades with energy prices and bills.
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Jul 10 2024

Additional Reports from Secondary Payers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two reports from secondary health care payers help identify trends in the highest cost diseases and claims.
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Jul 08 2024

Educational Spending and Outcomes

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota spends more and more on education, while getting less and less learning.
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Jul 08 2024

Government Workers Are a Big Component of Our Deficits and Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The gap between large average government pay and benefits and what a private employee makes is beyond unfair and has to b e rectified.
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Jul 07 2024

Some Weekend Research Summaries

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
As the Independence Day holiday winds down, some research tidbits on common themes.
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Jul 05 2024

Your Monthly Job Report Fiction

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The monthly contender for best fiction work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics job report, has arrived.
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Jul 04 2024

Celebrate Pride In Your Country

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Americans can be justly proud of our country and what it has stood for for almost 250 years.
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Jul 03 2024

Why Inflation Will Stay High

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health insurance premiums are set for a hefty increase next year, due to the rise in health spending.
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Jul 02 2024

Taxpayers Still Heading Out of Minnesota, and Our Economy Is Getting Worse

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Taxpayers are fleeing Minnesota and we have no economic or personal income growth except for government activity.
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Jul 02 2024

JOLTS Gives No Jolt to the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another untrustworthy labor market report from the Bidementia Administration shows that the only area with strong job growth is government.
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Jun 30 2024

For Those Who Believe the Gender Ideology Bullsh*t

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
New research using artificial intelligence makes it very clear that there are two distinct sexes/genders, with no evidence of a "spectrum".
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Jun 30 2024

More on the Negative Effects of Hospital Mergers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper provides further evidence of the harms from hospital consolidation.
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Jun 28 2024

Economic and Debate News

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
I think we all know who will be elected President and it isn't Bidementia. And the economic news continues to be tepid at best.
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Jun 25 2024

The Latest National Health Spending Projections, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital spending is the single highest category of health care cost, followed by physician services.
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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

Headlines

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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