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Sep 17 2023

A Report From Tasmania

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Tasmania is a beautiful and wild place, with many of the same social problems facing the US.
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Sep 16 2023

Medicare Advantage and Cancer

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Medicare Advantage plans catch cancer earlier and reduce costs related to cancer care for members.
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Sep 16 2023

More Evidence of Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Health care services and health insurance premiums are rising at a good clip that will keep pressure on overall inflation.
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Sep 15 2023

Inflation, Real Incomes and the Economy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Real incomes are crashing in the US ever since our senile President was elected.
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Sep 14 2023

Uhhh, Wait, You Mean It Has Been This Warm and Dry Before?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our country and the world have frequently experienced periods of greater warmth and drought than we now are seeing.
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Sep 13 2023

Vertical Consolidation of Health Care Providers Is Not Cost-Saving

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Hospital system purchases of physician practices raises spending and does little to improve quality of care.
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Sep 12 2023

Extreme Weather Events

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
No, Virginia, there isn't a rise in extreme weather events, in fact there is a decline since 2000.
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Sep 11 2023

September 11 Is Worth Remembering

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The September 11, 2001 attacks are a receding memory and led to one of the moments of national unity which are all too rare.
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Sep 10 2023

Yet More Evidence of Contamination of Temperature Data by the Urban Heat Effect

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Much of the supposed global warming is merely the heat effect of urban areas on thermometer measurements, this study says " the scientific community is not yet in a position…
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Sep 09 2023

Hospital-Acquired CV-19

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A new study shows that getting CV-19 in the hospital wasn't all that rare.
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Sep 08 2023

Medicare Advantage Plan Switching

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage plans have high rates of disenrollment after five years, but those who leave almost always go to another MA plan, suggesting high satisfaction with the program.
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Sep 07 2023

Marijuana Is Not Benign

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Bought-off legislators are approving marijuana legalization and ignoring the multiple harms caused by use, including traffic accidents.
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Sep 07 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 222

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of summaries in the declining but still significant body of CV-19 research.
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Sep 05 2023

How Dangerous Was Asymptomatic CV-19?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A study in which people were intentionally exposed to CV-19 finds that those who were infected but asymptomatic exhaled very low levels of virus and were unlikely to be a…
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Sep 05 2023

Climate Hysteria Feeds on Ignorance

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It may be that actually knowing something about climate lessens the likelihood that you are anxious about mythical global warming.
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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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