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Aug 01 2023

More Children Will Be Poisoned With Marijuana Starting Today in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
As cannibis is legalized in Minnesota, more children will be poisoned and develop mental illness, but legislators don't care as long as they keep getting their political contributions from the…
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Jul 31 2023

Coming Soon to Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
California, New York and Illinois are the example Minnesota has chosen to follow.
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Jul 29 2023

The Climate Change Hysterics Only Know How to Lie

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Climate hysterics use a misleading chart to try to create the impression that heat is worse than cold in relation to deaths.
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Jul 29 2023

Minnesota’s Education System Sucks

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota tries to lie about reading levels for 8th graders.
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Jul 28 2023

The Economy Is Rotten and so Is the Official Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper has a good summary of the economic difficulties we face, no matter what the official data says.
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Jul 27 2023

Power Generation in the Midwest Grid Area

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Wind and solar are worthless, especially in a heat wave. We are completely reliant on reliable sources like nuclear, gas and coal.
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Jul 26 2023

Another Perspective On Health Insurance Premium Trends

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A report from the actuaries association lends credence to concerns of rising health insurance premiums.
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Jul 25 2023

More on the Transgender Insanity

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
New research shows that almost all transgender surgeries involve bad and lasting adverse effects.
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Jul 24 2023

And Speaking of Heatwaves

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
Climate hysterics lie almost as much as Little Timmy Walz. There is no increase in number or severity of heatwaves.
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Jul 24 2023

Minnesota Blackout Alert

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
This week's heat wave will test Minnesota's ability to keep the lights on, thanks to stupid energy policies.
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Jul 23 2023

The Truth About Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Little Timmy Walz lies every time he opens his mouth, it's congenital. Fortunately facts are available for those who look.
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Jul 22 2023

California’s Children Can’t Read, but Sure Are Getting Woke-Indoctrinated

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
The Paradise of California doesn't even have half its students reading where they should at 4th grade, and barely 10% of African-American students do.
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Jul 22 2023

Obesity in America

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
America's obesity problem worsened during the epidemic due to lockdown policies.
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Jul 21 2023

More on Our Debt Disaster

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New data shows radically higher federal interest payments, much greater than projected spending and much lower revenues, and other than that, its all great.
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Jul 21 2023

Temperature Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
New work for Dr. Roy Spencer suggests that urban heat effects account for much of the so-called 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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