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Jul 03 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 214

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A holiday treat of more CV-19 research summaries.
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Jul 02 2023

Medicare Advantage and Those with Chronic Illnesses

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Less-healthy Medicare beneficiaries appear to feel that Medicare Advantage plans address their needs just fine.
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Jul 01 2023

A Weird Factoid for Your Holiday Enjoyment

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
New research continues to suggest that some vaccinations may limit dementia risk, indicating a pathogen link to the disease.
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Jul 01 2023

I Love Doomsday Material

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Our national debt will strangle us.
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Jul 01 2023

Another Projection of Medical Costs for Employee Plans in 2024

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More health care inflation is on the way.
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Jul 01 2023

?Que Es Mas Atractivo? Florida o California?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A poll from California helps explain why so many people are fleeing its uber-progressive insanity.
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Jun 30 2023

Climate Models Are About as Good as Epidemic Ones

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A leading climate model has bad outputs and embedded work-arounds and simply shouldn't be used.
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Jun 30 2023

More Head-Scratching Economic Stats

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Two crucial economic numbers are showing the widest divergence in decades. Who knows what is really going on.
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Jun 29 2023

Hailing Renewable Energy

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Mother Nature shows her respect for a renewable energy source.
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Jun 28 2023

And You Thought I Was Kidding

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota is a sick, sick state.
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Jun 27 2023

A New Candidate for Dumbest Piece of Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A piece of such obvious partisan hackery should never be published, but in today's environment it is created with open arms.
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Jun 26 2023

Minnesota’s Inevitable Decline Is Just Beginning

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
More evidence of Minnesota and Minneapolis' decline.
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Jun 26 2023

Happy Late Fathers’ Day

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Fatherlessness is a real epidemic with horrifying consequences; it is also morally despicable.
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Jun 24 2023

What Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement?

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota is racist in law enforcement all right--one group largely gets a free pass despite disproportionately being responsible for criminal activity.
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Jun 23 2023

A Visual Look at Our Fiscal Quandry

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Maybe seeing how bad our deficit and debt are will make a difference, but I doubt it.
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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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There has been a lot of activity lately in the once-hot field of primary care clinics.  Companies going bankrupt, out-of-business, being bought, merging.  Humana, which is now solely a Medicare...
February 18, 2026
Mental health is a very hot health care investment area.  Talkiatry raised $210 million in new capital for its virtual mental health services which utilizes employed psychiatrists, psychologists and other...
February 13, 2026
Investors can take comfort in Solace Health, which provides “advocates” to members in health plans, as it raises a fresh $130 million in capital, which takes its alleged value over...
February 11, 2026
Two health care companies moving in opposite directions reported financial results.  Hinge Health, which offers musculoskeletal condition services, reported strong revenue and earnings growth and projected continued rapid rises in...
February 11, 2026

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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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