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Oct 28 2023

Climate Hysteria Schadenfreude

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The climate/renewable energy hysteria and scam is unraveling as economic reality bites. Enjoy the hysterics panic.
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Oct 27 2023

Economic Odds and Ends

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Official statistics don't convey the economic reality faced by most Americans.
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Oct 27 2023

State to State Migration

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is losing residents to other states, as you would expect given our incredibly high taxes of all kinds, poor education system that only indoctrinates, and our soaring crime rates.
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Oct 27 2023

More on the Health Care Inflation Mess

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Others share my opinion that BLS is understating health care inflation.
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Oct 25 2023

More on the Health Care Spending and Inflation Picture

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The latest Altarum briefs show continued growth in health spending and relatively low price growth, which cannot be sustained.
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Oct 24 2023

Dementia Prevalence Is Rising Along with Treatment and Other Costs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Dementias are the leading health care condition in terms of cost and place multiple other financial burdens on patients.
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Oct 23 2023

Minneapolis Is the Poster Child for What Pro(re)gressives Have Done to Cities

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minneapolis is a typical example of what happens when cities adopt dumb progressive policies.
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Oct 23 2023

More on the Gender Ideology Insanity

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Gender ideology has no basis in science or research and is destroying children.
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Oct 23 2023

What, There Is a Western Country With Climate Sanity?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A report from Norway concludes that there is no evidence that temperature trends over the last 200 years are not consistent with past temperature swings.
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Oct 22 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 227

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A vaccine heavy set of research summaries, with further evidence of the damage from lockdowns.
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Oct 20 2023

Hospitalization Trends Early in the Epidemic

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospitalization trends in the first part of the epidemic reflect substitution of CV-19 for other respiratory conditions and the terror campaign keeping people from getting needed care.
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Oct 19 2023

The Truth About Historical CO2 Levels

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new paper demonstrates that higher CO2 levels result from increased temperatures, not vice versa.
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Oct 19 2023

Remember the Affordable Care Act–the One that Would Make Health Care Cheaper?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Obama's Affordable Care Act has been anything but affordable.
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Oct 18 2023

Deaths of Despair Among Young and Middle-aged Adults

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We have a substantial health and mortality issue among white, working class young and middle-aged adults that is ignored because it doesn't fit the typical "equity" narrative.
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Oct 16 2023

A Better Climate Model

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A better model of climate dynamics shows much less influence of CO2 on temperature.
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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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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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