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May 16 2023

Event Rates by Vax Status, Age 65 and Over

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The final set of detailed event analysis for the 65 and over age group.
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May 15 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 211

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Probably keep doing research summaries for a few more weeks.
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May 14 2023

Hospitals Made Out Like Bandits During the Epidemic, Because They Are

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A new report demonstrates how well many institutions did during the epidemic and how excessive their management compensation is.
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May 14 2023

How Much CO2 Is Human-produced and How Much Is Natural?

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A paper finds that humans are unlikely to have caused a substantial portion of the increase in CO2 which is supposedly behind the non-existent global warming.
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May 11 2023

Electricity Prices in the US, California and Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A look at California's electricity prices, by far the highest in the country, shows the future for Minnesota.
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May 10 2023

The Last Year-Over-Year Chart

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The ultimate big picture chart for the epidemic.
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May 08 2023

A Little Energy and A Little Climate

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Even Biden Administration officials are predicting an electricity crisis and wind farms probably cause drought.
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May 07 2023

The End of the End

By Kevin Roche Commentary 24 Comments
This week will see the end of the CV-19 epidemic-related tables and charts on Minnesota data, but the blog will carry on.
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May 06 2023

The Truth About Historic Temperatures and CO2 Levels

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Ice cores reveal the inconvenient truth that temperatures have been significantly higher in the past and CO2 levels don't appear to be the dominant factor in temperature level.
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May 06 2023

Adding More Fuel to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota passes an extreme cannibis legalization bill, ensuring higher rates of schizophrenia among teens and young adults.
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May 05 2023

The Employment Number Games Continue–Updated

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The jobs numbers are phony, until revised, productivity is declining and unit labor costs are rising. The economy sucks.
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May 05 2023

More Climate Nonsense Debunked

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Sea levels are rising incredibly slowly, are not accelerating, and don't threaten our coasts, but whacko-environmentalists spread their lies anyway.
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May 05 2023

Hospital-Acquired Infections

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Infections are being contracted in a hospital at an increasing rate, endangering patient health.
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May 04 2023

Little Timmy’s Lies Can’t Hide Minnesota’s Decline

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Yay, we are number 48, as Dems destroy Miinnesota's economy, our outlook is one of the worst in the country and our quality of life is declining.
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May 04 2023

Our Children Aren’t Learning History Either

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
American students don't know anything about history either.
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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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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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