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Dec 17 2023

A Couple of Health Care Related Items

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Two recent health care related studies reflect ongoing issues in regard to Medicare and market concentration.
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Dec 16 2023

National Health Spending in 2022

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare actuaries release their annual report on national health spending.
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Dec 15 2023

Racism and Segregation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Identity politics is destroying our country and society and increasing discrimination.
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Dec 14 2023

Deaths and Life Expectancy

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
After a bad period during the epidemic, life expectancy turned higher in 2022, but there is serious inequity in regard to men.
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Dec 13 2023

There Is No Voter Fraud……

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A survey suggests that large amounts of voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election.
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Dec 13 2023

Medicine Goes Whacky

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Canada leads the way, but the US is not far behind, in turning medicine into a woke disaster.
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Dec 12 2023

Antarctica Is Melting, Melting I Tell You

By Kevin Roche Commentary 5 Comments
Ice mass changes in Antarctica are small and primarily driven by natural weather cycles, not human activity,
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Dec 11 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 232

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another potpourri of research related to the epidemic and the response thereto.
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Dec 08 2023

Another Look at Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
An update on national health spending and price increases.
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Dec 07 2023

Minnesota’s Gift to the Country and the Republican Party

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Fat Timmy gets a new role in which to spread his lies and insane policies.
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Dec 06 2023

The Labor Market Begins to Implode

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest labor data shows a declining labor market, with more bad news likely on Friday.
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Dec 05 2023

The Most Brilliant and Simple Defense of Freedom You Will See

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Please cry for us Argentina, we have no one as brilliant as your new President.
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Dec 05 2023

More Random Economic News

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
No matter what things look like on the surface, the economy and our nation's finances are completely rotten underneath.
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Dec 04 2023

No Further Comment Needed

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Qualities associated with conservatism and being conservative lead to better relationships with children and less mental health issues for adolescents.
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Dec 04 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 231

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
I am doing these less frequently over time, but here is another set of CV-19 research summaries.
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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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Angle Health, a vendor of a supposedly artificial intelligence powered health benefits platform for employers raised $134 million in new capital.  All you have to do is mention AI and...
December 4, 2025
Reema Health, which calls itself a complex care management company, reamed investors for $19 million in capital, to be used for the usual “to support growth”.  The firm works with...
December 2, 2025
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

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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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