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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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Oct 15 2023

And Here’s More Evidence of Our Precipitous Decline

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Excessive social media use by teens is rampant and destructive.
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Oct 15 2023

A Conversation With a Millenial

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
We have whole generations apparently blissfully unaware of the woke gibberish they have been brainwashed with all through school.
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Oct 14 2023

We Interrupt the End of the World for Some Health Care Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More research explores the role of physician practice patterns in geographic utilization and spending variation.
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Oct 12 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 226

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another set of epidemic-related research summaries rolls of the press.
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Oct 11 2023

I Am Not Part of the Same Species

By Kevin Roche Commentary 16 Comments
Those who decapitate babies and murder young children are not part of any human species I recognize and should be dealt with accordingly.
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Oct 10 2023

An Excellent Description of Our Energy Lunacy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A blog post reinforces the dissonance between Chinese and American energy policies.
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Oct 09 2023

Climate Funnies

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
When you make wild climate claims, you should expect to be laughed at when they are shown to be absurd.
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Oct 09 2023

From Bad to Worse

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
It is truly all going to hell in a handbasket and the US is crippled with a senile and incompetent administration.
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Oct 07 2023

Yet Another Month of Bogus Job Numbers

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Another month of goofy Bureau of Labor Statistics job numbers.
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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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Focussed primary care clinics had a moment, particularly in regard to Medicare Advantage plans, and that moment has kind of passed.  Similar clinics were operated for employers and other group...
January 29, 2026
Drive Medical, a provider of mobility and other health equipment, is acquiring Compass Health, which provides a variety of consumer health products.  No price terms were released.
January 29, 2026
Sword Health, which offers physical therapy and pain management programs is acquiring Kaia Health,  a German company which focuses on “digital” musculoskeletal and COPD care.  The price is $285 million.
January 29, 2026
This isn’t really surprising, given what you can see in employment and other reports.  Minnesota is one of the state’s viewed as having a bad economy, one that is either...
December 23, 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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