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Mar 24 2024

Yes, Jann Wenner Is a You Know What

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A current biography of Jann Wenner confirms what his memoir suggested--he is a jackass.
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Mar 22 2024

The Week in Economics and Finance

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No matter how much Bidementia pushes out fake economic numbers, the reality is that we are well beyond the tipping point to economic misery for decades.
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Mar 20 2024

The Original Ad

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Here is where to find the text of the original ad I placed in March of 2020.
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Mar 20 2024

Four Years Ago, Events that Caused Immense Damage Began

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Four years ago, the nation likely suffered irreparable damage from the initiation of a futile and untested epidemic response.
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Mar 18 2024

I Am Done With Coronamonomania, Part 2

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
March madness is here and coronamonomania persists as well.
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Mar 16 2024

“Long” Covid Is Illusory?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Another study reveals that "long" CV-19 is in fact mythic.
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Mar 15 2024

Charles Dickens

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The latest brief bio summary is in regard to Charles Dickens, a beloved author with the usual complicated life.
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Mar 14 2024

A Quick Economic Note

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Despite what headline numbers may suggest, there is a lot of rottenness in the economy.
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Mar 14 2024

Transgender Mania Is Built on Lies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Transgender lunacy continues apace, while evidence of its harms also gathers. England shows some sanity.
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Mar 13 2024

Deficits, Debt and Bonds

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More great news on US debt sales, the deficit and the economy.
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Mar 12 2024

Price Rises Are Not Under Control, Especially if You Count Right

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another higher than expected CPI report, which if interest rates and actual health care prices were included would be even higher.
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Mar 11 2024

Marriage Birth Rates and Young Americans

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
America's young adults are also unable to engage in important aspects of what makes life satisfying and enjoyable.
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Mar 11 2024

The Latest Generations of Kids Have Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It is almost impossible to raise a healthy child these days.
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Mar 10 2024

Another Example of Renewable Energy Environmental Damage

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Environmental whackos are pushing massive weather and climate-changing renewable energy plants. Hypocrisy? You decide. (Updated)
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Mar 09 2024

Interest Is a Cost and Contributes to Inflation and Inflation Expectations

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Current measures of inflation don't capture the impact of interest rate rises.
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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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