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Jun 23 2023

How to Lie With Graphs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Environmentalist loonies caught with another of their graphing tricks in regard to ice loss.
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Jun 23 2023

The Earth Is Burning Up and There is Drought Everywhere

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Contary to what you might read, there is nothing unusual about recent dry spells.
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Jun 22 2023

Hospital Pricing

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Hospital pricing is arcane and opaque, but as usual relative market power influences price levels.
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Jun 21 2023

Some Medicare Advantage Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Medicare Advantage is likely more efficient and provides better quality of care than does traditional Medicare.
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Jun 20 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 213

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
A few more interesting nuggets on vaccines and other aspects of the epidemic and the response to it.
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Jun 19 2023

Non-profit Hospitals Generally Screw Patients and Taxpayers. (Updated)

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Non-profit and tax-exempt hospitals charge high prices, make a ton of money, pay excessive compensation and provide little free care. Other than that they are great.
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Jun 19 2023

Value-Based Purchasing Research

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Value-based purchasing in health care is hot, but of unproven value.
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Jun 17 2023

A Quick Reminder About Where People Want to Live

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
One irrebuttable fact is that people are moving out of whacked pro(re)gressive states to conservative ones, in astounding numbers.
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Jun 17 2023

We Are Failing Our Adolescents and Young Adults

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Our youngest citizens are killing themselves and others at an alarming and growing rate.
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Jun 16 2023

Real-time Health Care Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Altarum health spending and health inflation trackers are also indicating much faster growth in each.
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Jun 16 2023

Health Care Spending and Medical Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The annual Office of the Actuary report on national health spending projections is out, with bad news for the deficit.
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Jun 15 2023

Nation’s Biggest Liar Little Timmy Walz Has Made Minnesota a Crime Hotspot

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The Incompetent Blowhard's term in office has led to a 36% increase in violent crimes and an 84% increase in murders.
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Jun 15 2023

Federal Waste,

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new analysis reveals simply outrageous amounts of improper payments by the federal government.
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Jun 15 2023

Understanding Medical Inflation

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A recent paper from actuarial firm Milliman provides a good background on understanding medical inflation.
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Jun 14 2023

Interest Rates and Consumer Spending

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Higher interest rates are showing up in higher credit card interest payments, stifling consumer spending.
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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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