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Apr 05 2023

Woke Medicine Kills

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Woke medicine means lower quality clinicians and worse outcomes for patients.
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Apr 04 2023

More on Health Care Utilization, Spending and Prices

By Kevin Roche Commentary 6 Comments
And interesting look at trends in utilization and costs of visits to non-traditional sites of care, such as retail clinics, urgent care centers and ERs.
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Apr 03 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 203

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The national championship for research summaries continues with no end in sight.
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Apr 02 2023

Using Research to Lie

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Health care is unfortunately full of false research and it harms patients.
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Mar 31 2023

Electric Vehicles Suck

By Kevin Roche Commentary 4 Comments
Electric cars are more expensive to buy and operate than gas ones, and worse for the environment.
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Mar 31 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 202

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Such a depressing world and I am not sure these research summaries are particularly elevating.
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Mar 31 2023

And Then There is This…

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Some supposed conservatives just spout conspiratorial nonsense that ensures that we lose, which is one big reason why the country is where it is.
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Mar 30 2023

It’s Over, It Has Been for a Long Time

By Kevin Roche Commentary 23 Comments
We are done, period.
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Mar 30 2023

Gee, Why Could People Possibly Want to Leave Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Minnesota has no population growth, due to crazy DFL policies, while Florida and Texas experience massive growth.
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Mar 30 2023

Wait, Dems Are Concerned About Fake Voters?

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Minnesota's progressive lunatics discover the virtues of voter id.
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Mar 29 2023

Whacked Progressives Embrace Nihilism

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Progressives are pro-regressive and have essentially become nihilists--believing in nothing and seeking to destroy civil society.
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Mar 27 2023

Why You Can’t Trust People Who Make Up Stuff About Vax Safety

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A couple of studies offer a far better explanation for heart issues in athletes and others than does nuttering on about vax safety.
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Mar 25 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 201

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Tired of March Madness? A boringly refreshing dip into some CV-19 research summaries is recommended.
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Mar 24 2023

The CDC Is a Font of Methodological and Statistical Error

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Several times in the last three years I and others have pointed out serious flaws in CDC work, and a new paper critques the body of the CDC's epidemic work.
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Mar 24 2023

A Couple of Health Care Notes

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A couple of pieces of health care research focus on high health care spending and its causes.
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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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