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Mar 07 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 198

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
The illusory "long" CV-19 is featured heavily in this set of research summaries.
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Mar 07 2023

Greenland Isn’t So Green

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Greenland was pretty green when the Vikings came there and established several towns, but it got a lot colder and it is basically all white ice now.
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Mar 06 2023

Year-Over-Year Charts, March 2023

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
It's over, except for a few nuts who can't let go.
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Mar 06 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 5

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
More on the likely devastation caused by progressives insane insistence on unreliable and expensive so-called renewable energy.
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Mar 05 2023

Changes in the Workforce

By Kevin Roche Commentary 3 Comments
A couple of interesting reports on workforce trends and methods for determing labor statistics.
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Mar 03 2023

Public Schools Suck, Even in Minnesota

By Kevin Roche Commentary One Comment
Minnesota's public schools are worthless for teaching children anything of substance, but great at indoctrination that makes money for teachers and administrators and keeps jackasses like Little timmy walz in…
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Mar 03 2023

Young Woke Progressives Have More Mental Health Issues

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A study finds that progressive political views are associated with more mental health among adolescents, especially female young people.
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Mar 02 2023

Why There Are Sometimes Issues With Health Claims Data

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
One practice driving higher health spending is pretending that episodes of care are made to appear more intensive than they are for billing purposes.
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Mar 01 2023

Vertical Integration in Health Care

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
Allowing health systems to buy physician practices results in higher prices and lower quality--patients suffer in two ways.
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Feb 28 2023

More on Minnesota’s Energy Loonacy

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
A Center for the American Experiment report also paints a grim energy future for Minnesota under the Uaffordable Blackout Bill.
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Feb 28 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 4

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Apparently causing electricity bills that take up all of most people's income is part of Little Timmy's plan to depopulate Minnesota. The more you look at the law, the crazier…
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Feb 28 2023

Minnesota’s New Energy Insanity, Part 3

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
The cost of providing adequate electricity solely through the use of renewables is phenomenal, either in generating capacity or battery storage or a combination. Minnesotans would be spending huge amounts…
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Feb 27 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 197

By Kevin Roche Commentary 2 Comments
Start your week off with an exhilarating set of research summaries.
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Feb 26 2023

Coronamonomania Lives Forever, Part 196

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A good set of research papers are the raw material for this round of research summaries.
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Feb 25 2023

Don’t Worry, There Is Absolutely No Voter Fraud, Anywhere, Anytime

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments
A new paper shows why fraud is not only likely in American voting, but a certainty, as it estimates 6 million Americans are registered to vote in more than one…
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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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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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