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Sep 04 2023

The Role of Clouds in Weather and Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
An excellent climate-related post demonstrates that clouds likely act to limit any warming which might be occurring.
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Sep 03 2023

Some Tidbits on the Employer Health Benefits Market

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Employers provide the health benefits for the largest block of Americans. Here are some interesting data points on those plans.
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Sep 02 2023

Another Study That VSNs Are Distorting, This Time About the Persistence of Vax Protein

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The anti-vax nuts are making more noise about a study that as usual doesn't say any of the things they say it says.
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Sep 02 2023

Now We Know Why Minnesota Hid Its School Attendance Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Regular school attendance in Minnesota is alarming and atrocious, but maybe all they are missing is political indoctrination and gender disaffirmation.
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Sep 01 2023

It’s Just Shocking, But Payroll Numbers Were Revised Lower Again

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It gets old, reporting on the constant downward revisions to jobs data released by the BLS.
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Sep 01 2023

Which Country Is Getting Played Like a Fool?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
China in particular continues to rapidly increase coal use for electricity generation, telling us just how worried they are about CO2 causing global warming.
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Sep 01 2023

More on the Pernicious Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Farms

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Wind farms in the ocean screw with the local environment and the marine ecosystem, but let's ignore that so rich people can keep getting their "renewable" subsidies.
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Aug 31 2023

Employer-Provided Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A lot of Americans are employed by big companies and a new survey reveals their primary health care spending concerns.
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Aug 30 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 221

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A few more summaries as the research dribbles on.
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Aug 29 2023

Oops, Sure Enough the BLS Got Caught With Phony Numbers and Did a Big Revision

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A huge revision downward in a key labor report is just the tip of the iceberg on the current administrations fraudulent data releases.
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Aug 29 2023

It Isn’t Just Older, Retired People Going to Florida and Texas

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Young wealthy people are moving from Dem-run third-world states to more enlightened, low tax ones like Florida and Texas.
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Aug 28 2023

I’m Back, the Country Isn’t

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Minnesota's public school students learn nothing they need to succeed in life, but will be great Dem voters.
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Aug 25 2023

Increases in Medical Costs and Health Insurance for 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another benefits consulting firm projects substantial increases in medical costs and insurance premiums for 2024.
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Aug 24 2023

Yet More on the Phony Jobs Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The fake labor data is slowly being brought back to reality under cover of darkness. The economy is not great.
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Aug 23 2023

Dr. Osterholm Tells the Truth on Masks

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A newly released letter from late November 2021 shows that eminent epidemiologist Dr. Osterholm knew masks were basically useless and chided the CDC for releasing mis-information in that regard.
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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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