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Feb 08 2024

The Supreme Court’s Supreme Moment

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Supreme Court is called upon to preserve democracy by preventing the use of legal process to remove candidates from the ballot.
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Feb 07 2024

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Reading the recent biography of Reverand Martin Luther King, Jr. sparks a few thoughts and a lot of sadness.
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Feb 06 2024

DEI in Medicine

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Woke medicine will kill Americans, and the same bizarre ideology is infecting anything to do with science or math.
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Feb 05 2024

Update on Health Spending and Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care spending growth is accelerating, as is health care price growth.
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Feb 04 2024

A Quick Hit on Federal Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A good post and presentation indicate that 2024 is the year the dimensions of the US federal debt problem will be fully revealed.
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Feb 03 2024

The Latest From the Bureau of Labor Shenanigans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another fictitious job report is released by the Bureau of Labor Shenanigans
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Feb 02 2024

Coronamonomania Lasts Forever, Part 238

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
I don't know how long CV-19 will be a research focus, but it keeps pouring out.
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Feb 01 2024

More From the BEST Initiative on CV-19 Vax Safety

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Another BEST study undercuts the wild claims of vax safety nuts.
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Jan 31 2024

The US Has a Health Care Pricing Problem

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Hospitals are putting outrageous markups on certain infused drugs, a great example of how excessive pricing drives US health care spending.
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Jan 30 2024

A Little Plastic Hilarity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Guess what banning single-use plastic bags really does to the environment?
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Jan 29 2024

Is CO2 Really the Global Warming Culprit?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A new paper finds a much lower climate sensitivity to increased CO2 than they climate hysterics claim.
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Jan 28 2024

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 237

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Once more into the CV-19 research summary breach, with the usual papers on excess deaths, futile interventions and the vax.
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Jan 27 2024

The Future of No Electricity is Here

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
More evidence of the folly of renewables, see Germany for exhibit A, given that they are super-expensive and unreliable.
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Jan 27 2024

A Potentially Overlooked Contributor to Ocean Warming and Global Weather

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Could sea floor volcanic eruptions be responsible for some ocean warming?
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Jan 26 2024

The Economy and Debt

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A further note on GDP growth, Treasury debt issuance, and the reality of our financial and economic situation.
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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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