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Feb 24 2024

Missing Cancer Diagnoses

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another study reveals the impact of epidemic restrictions on cancer detection and diagnoses.
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Feb 23 2024

Excess Deaths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some interesting work and statistics from England on excess deaths.
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Feb 22 2024

If the Media Reported Actual Research, Everyone Would Know There Is No Science Behind the Warming Climate Scam

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Anyone who actually reads climate papers would quickly conclude that the models projecting warming are completely worthless pieces of shit.
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Feb 21 2024

Latest Treasury Debt Sale Dud

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another wonderful long-term Treasury bond auction sends interest rates skyward.
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Feb 20 2024

Freidrich Neitzsche and Jane Austen

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of more biographies have been absorbed, to who knows what ultimate purpose.
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Feb 18 2024

Deaths and Excess Deaths.

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another study illustrates the increase in disease burden and mortality caused by delayed care during the epidemic.
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Feb 17 2024

Health Spending in the United States

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An very interesting new report has lots of good graphs representing long and short-term trends in spending.
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Feb 16 2024

No, Virginia, the CV-19 Vax Don’t Cause Issues for Newborns

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A large study from Norway and Sweden finds no risk and some benefit to a newborn from the mother having been vaxed against CV-19.
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Feb 15 2024

DEI Creates More Bias and Prejudice

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A review of DEI research confirms what common sense would tell us--that subjecting people to this bilge only increases prejudice and discrimination.
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Feb 14 2024

More Lovely Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
High inflation, high interest rates, made-up jobs and GDP numbers; things really aren't pretty.
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Feb 13 2024

We Need More Individuality and Less Group-Think

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Group behavior, especially of a "tribal" nature, is the common setting for viciously violent behavior.
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Feb 12 2024

Does Anybody Really Know What Is Going On With Jobs and the Economy?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Illegal immigration may be behind a jobs market that appears strong, so you can expect Dems to try to justify it with that.
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Feb 11 2024

Where Does All that College Tuition Go?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Nothing has risen in cost as fast as college tuition and all that money just goes to stoke the woke machine.
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Feb 10 2024

All Tuckered Out

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A few observations about Russia, Ukraine, Putin and Tucker Carlson.
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Feb 09 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 1

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A new title, same old boring research summaries on CV-19.
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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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Focussed primary care clinics had a moment, particularly in regard to Medicare Advantage plans, and that moment has kind of passed.  Similar clinics were operated for employers and other group...
January 29, 2026
Drive Medical, a provider of mobility and other health equipment, is acquiring Compass Health, which provides a variety of consumer health products.  No price terms were released.
January 29, 2026
Sword Health, which offers physical therapy and pain management programs is acquiring Kaia Health,  a German company which focuses on “digital” musculoskeletal and COPD care.  The price is $285 million.
January 29, 2026
This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 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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