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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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Jan 25 2024

The Antidote to Global Warming Hysteria

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A paper from Dr. Roy Spencer illustrates the flaws in current climate models and science.
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Jan 24 2024

Bad Treasury Auctions, January 2024 Edition

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A truly bad 5 year Treasury note auction sets the tone for 2024's massive debt issuance.
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Jan 23 2024

The Rule of, and Equality Before, the Law

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The rule of law is being rapidly eviscerated by the whacko pro(re)gressive movement, which leads to chaos and violence.
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Jan 21 2024

We Have Soul-Destroying Debt Because We Have Unending Deficits

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The economy appears falsely strong only because of unlimited deficit spending by the federal government.
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Jan 20 2024

Health Insurance and Financial Well-Being

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Health care and health insurance costs do stress family finances, but the real villain is goverment, through cost-increasing policies and taxes and fees.
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Jan 19 2024

MedPAC Dumps on the Medicare Advantage Program

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Medicare advisory committee publishes an unfavorable report on the Medicare Advantage program.
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Jan 18 2024

The One Thing I Wish People Would Really Understand

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Another ugly long-end US Treasury debt instrument auction reinforces the disastrous impact of ongoing huge federal deficits and ever-growing debt pile.
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Jan 17 2024

Lies About Bias in the Criminal Justice System

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A major meta-analysis of criminal sentencing finds no evidence of racial bias.
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Jan 16 2024

Weather and Renewable Energy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few notes on what is really happening with global weather and our electricity sources and costs.
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Jan 15 2024

Venture Capital Status as of the End of 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
2023 was a slow year for venture capital firms; not clear that 2024 will be much better.
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Jan 14 2024

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 236

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
We are at the playoffs of CV-19 research!!
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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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