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Nov 23 2023

Happy? Thanksgiving

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Events in this country and the world make it hard to have a relaxed or thankful Thanksgiving.
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Nov 22 2023

Health Insurance Costs and CPI

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys and goofy methods to calculate inflation when actual payment data is available everywhere.
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Nov 21 2023

The Climate Emergency and Renewable Energy Solution Were Created by Rich People to Get Even Richer

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Rich people are manipulating research and public opinion and buying politicians to get rich from the climate and renewable energy scam.
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Nov 20 2023

Sudden Cardiac Arrests in Young Athletes and Mask Myths

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two studies exemplify major areas of lies and distortions in regard to the epidemic.
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Nov 19 2023

Another Interruption for a Health Care Research Message

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Follow-up on recommended tests and referrals is worse after a telehealth compared to an in-person health care visit.
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Nov 19 2023

I Demand Equity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
There is a substantial and growing gap in life expectancy between men and women that is largely due to discrimination against males.
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Nov 17 2023

Renewable Energy Scam Continues to Implode

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Fat Timmy Walz told us that renewable energy would actually be cheaper, lying while story after story shows constantly increasing costs.
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Nov 15 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 230

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A quick summary of research, including hospital-acquired CV-19 and the effectiveness of lockdowns, etc.
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Nov 15 2023

Why Federal Debt Is Bad

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Our debt pile dooms us and our children and grandchildren to a reduced standard of living.
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Nov 14 2023

“Long” CV-19 Is Nothing New and Largely a Myth

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Seriosu "long" CV-19 is largely mythical and has symptoms typically occurring after other respiratory infections
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Nov 13 2023

Unintended Consequences of Dumb Public Health Policies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
The CDC and other public health agencies wrongful pushing of and lies about CV-19 vax effectiveness are leading to a decline in routine childhood immunizations.
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Nov 10 2023

Energy Subsidies

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
Supposedly cheap renewable energy requires massive, and unsustainable, subsidies, and producers want even bigger ones.
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Nov 09 2023

A Late Night Note on Treasury Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A disastrous 30 year Treasury bond auction bodes ill for the future of interest rates.
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Nov 09 2023

Your Education Dollars at W(aste)ork

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Public schools waste increasing amounts of your tax dollars on staff and administration, which learning disappears, and it is all due to the politicization of universities.
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Nov 08 2023

Anarctica Ice Is Melting, But then it Always Does

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The part of Antarctica where catastrophic ice melting is supposedly occurring, has actually cooled over the last 20 years.
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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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Press Ganey, which provides market research for health plans and providers , is being purchased by health care survey firm Qualtrics for $6.75 billion.  Both companies claim this is all...
October 6, 2025
Another weirdly named company, Thyme Care, spices things up by raising a fresh $97 million in capital to support its cancer care managment business.
September 25, 2025
Sometimes companies change their name, I have no idea why and it often seems goofy.  CapitalRx, which is a pharmacy benefit manager, with aspirations to be a broader technology provider...
September 25, 2025
Innovacer, a health care technology company that claims extensive use of artificial intelligence, is acquiring Story Health, which helps manage patients with chronic care conditions and who need specialty care.
September 18, 2025

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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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